USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -During the Antebellum temperance movement, which of these groups made up the majority of the people who argued for temperance? Women were very vocal during the temperance movement. Many women joined the temperance movement because they believed that alcohol made men poor husbands, fathers, and workers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Women crusaders, particularly middle-class Protestants, pointed toward the Christian virtues of prudence, temperance and chastity, and encouraged people to practice these virtues by abstaining from alcohol. The Civil War put an immediate, if temporary, end to early temperance efforts.

Detailed explanation-3: -Prominent temperance leaders in the United States included Bishop James Cannon, Jr., James Black, Ernest Cherrington, Neal S. Dow, Mary Hunt, William E. Johnson (known as “Pussyfoot” Johnson), Carrie Nation, Howard Hyde Russell, John St. John, Billy Sunday, Father Mathew, Andrew Volstead and Wayne Wheeler.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was founded in Ohio in November of 1874, and grew out of the “Woman’s Crusade” of the winter of 1873-1874.

Detailed explanation-5: -A U.S. organization that became international was the national Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1874. The WCTU employed educational and social as well as political means in promoting legislation.