Temperance Movement
Definition
The Temperance Movement was a social movement against consumption of alcoholic beverages. Participants sought to reduce alcohol consumption or eliminate it altogether through legislation or persuasion.
Analogy
The Temperance Movement is like a group of friends trying to convince their buddy to stop drinking energy drinks because they're bad for his health. They use facts, persuasion, and sometimes even pressure him into giving up his habit.
Related terms
Prohibition: A law or regulation that forbids something, specifically the ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol in the United States from 1920-1933.
Suffrage: The right to vote in political elections.
Social Reform: Efforts made to improve society, often aimed at reducing or eliminating certain social problems.
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- Members of the temperance movement believed that alcoholism contributed to ______.
- What impact did the Temperance Movement have on American society?
- Had the Temperance Movement failed to gain popularity in early Nineteenth-century America, what might be one conceivable outcome?
- What was a primary goal of the Temperance Movement?
- What was the primary motive behind the Temperance movement during the Age of Reform in America?
- The temperance movement in America during the age of reform primarily aimed at what societal issue?
- What amendment was ratified due to the Temperance Movement during the Gilded Age?
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