USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The temperance movement took place in the United States from about 1800 to 1933. In the early 1800s, many Americans believed that drinking was immoral and that alcohol was a threat to the nation’s success. These beliefs led to widespread support for temperance, which means not drinking alcohol.

Detailed explanation-2: -temperance movement, movement dedicated to promoting moderation and, more often, complete abstinence in the use of intoxicating liquor (see alcohol consumption).

Detailed explanation-3: -The temperance movement, rooted in America’s Protestant churches, first urged moderation, then encouraged drinkers to help each other to resist temptation, and ultimately demanded that local, state, and national governments prohibit alcohol outright.

Detailed explanation-4: -But by the 1820s the movement started to advocate for the total abstinence of all alcohol-that is to urge people to stop drinking completely. The movement was also influential in passing laws that prohibited the sale of liquor in several states.

Detailed explanation-5: -Followers of the temperance movement believed alcohol was to blame for societal problems like unemployment, crime, poverty, and domestic abuse. Many women recognized the damaging effects of drinking on the family and worked through anti-liquor organizations and moral persuasion to regulate alcohol consumption.