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This photo is called the "Drunkards Progress"

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The Temperance Movement: Origins of America's "Alcohol Problem" (APUSH Period 4)

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Benjamin Rush

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Benjamin Rush sparked the temperance movement when he wrote the 1784 tract “ An Inquiry Into the Effects of Ardent Spirits Upon the Human Body and Mind”. In this Rush informed people on the effects of alcohol and showed what kind of bad injuries can come from consuming it. This began the clockworks for 200 farmers in Connecticut to begin forming a early temperance group that was made to stop the making of whiskey.

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Drinking in exessive amounts was common after the revolutionary war due to social and economic problems. Some people even took a pledge to not drink. This movement played a huge role in the prohibition from 1920-1933.

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Temperance is abstaining from alcohol. The movement began in the early 1800's as drinking less, but by the 1820's became not drinking altogether with many people pledging not to drink.

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This propaganda was used to guilt men out of drinking for their families

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Since people took a pledge to abstain from alcohol a new concept of individual choice and responsibility was growing throughout America. This led to the growing power of each individual in politics and the economy. As each individual person's power grew so did the country's political divide which eventually led to the Civil War.

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Rush was both a leader for American enlightenment and a big supporter in the American revolution. A large part for Rush’s entrance into temperance was all his medical research, so to write what he did wasn’t unexpected. Rush was also one of America’s first founders of American psychiatry.

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As immigration and populations increased so did proponents of temperance. Eventually in 1851 leading to the first prohibition with Maine becoming the first dry state. Even after the Civil War the temperance movement peaked in 1920 when all of America prohibited alcohol. The movement then ended in 1933 when the prohibition law was repealed.