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The temperance movement is a social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages. People in the movement typically criticize alcohol intoxication, with leaders saying alcohol has negative effects on health, personality, and family life.

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The social problem is that people are getting drunk and wasting money on alcohol, neglecting their families, and becoming abusive to their families.

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A woman named Mrs. Elliot said that her husband was “drinking at Durst’s bar, until he was crazy.” This shows that many people had drinking problems at the time. Also, she said she had to wash people's clothes for enough money to feed her three children and sometimes they would have barely enough food. This shows that her husband would neglect their family and use all the money on alcohol.

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Why were so many people against alcohol?

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Why were so many people against alcohol?

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Most people/ reformers feel that alcohol a problem because they see it as the cause to a crime, or the “break up” of families. People also thought alcohol would result in health problems.

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Temperance means to have abstinence from alcohol so a movement for abstinence from alcohol would be to ban or limit the amount of alcohol people can have.

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Who were some of the leaders in the Temperance Movement?

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Who were some of the leaders in the Temperance Movement?

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Most of the leaders in the temperance movement were women. Mary H. Hunt was giving the name “the incredible women” because she helped people by giving them food or bringing them to shelter if they needed. Carrie A. Nation was one of the other leaders in this movement. Carrie A. Nation helped others as well and gave them median and proper clothing, Carrie also organized the whole movement. Elizabeth Tyler was another leader in the movement but did not have much background information.

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What did people do to Spread the Temperance Movement?

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What did people do to Spread the Temperance Movement?

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Some violent groups of protesters raided bars, smashing bottles of alcohol and trashing them.

People gave speeches/lectures on the prohibition of alcohol.

Religion taught that anything that could harm the temple of god should not be allowed and drinking harmed people.

Numerous Non-alcohol groups were formed.

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Books were released on the harmful effects of alcohol, including almanacs.

Temperance pamphlets, newspapers, and sermons were everywhere.

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On January 17, 1919, the 18th amendment went into effect. It banned the manufacturing and selling of alcohol. The amendment didn’t ban the consumption of alcohol, so some people started getting it illegally.

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In 1920, congress passed the Volstead act to enforce the 18th Amendment.

In December 1933, another amendment (21st ) was passed that said, “The Volstead Act was rendered void, and individual states again become the arena for alcohol regulation”, because the probation was to hard to enforce.