The Temperance Movement was a social movement urging the reduced
or prohibited use of alcoholic beverages. Temperance groups typically criticized
excessive alcohol use and promoted for its complete abstinence, pressuring the
government to enact anti-alcohol legislation for the complete prohibition of
alcohol.
Throughout the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, alcoholism led to an increase in spousal abuse and unemployment, giving rise to an opposition to alcohol use. Women, hoping to curb men's violent intoxicated behavior; employers, who regarded alcohol as an obstruction to industrial efficiency; and religious leaders, who strove for the return of America to higher moral standards, soon began an attack on drinking, thus creating the Temperance Movement.
or prohibited use of alcoholic beverages. Temperance groups typically criticized
excessive alcohol use and promoted for its complete abstinence, pressuring the
government to enact anti-alcohol legislation for the complete prohibition of
alcohol.
Throughout the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, alcoholism led to an increase in spousal abuse and unemployment, giving rise to an opposition to alcohol use. Women, hoping to curb men's violent intoxicated behavior; employers, who regarded alcohol as an obstruction to industrial efficiency; and religious leaders, who strove for the return of America to higher moral standards, soon began an attack on drinking, thus creating the Temperance Movement.
"Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul."
-Frances E. Willard