USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A term of varying usage concerning alcohol and other drugs; originally meaning a commitment to moderation in personal drinking habits (e.g. by abstaining from drinking spirits), but after the 1840s usually meaning a personal commitment to total abstinence (the temperance pledge).

Detailed explanation-2: -Teetotalism is the practice or promotion of total personal abstinence from the consumption of alcohol, specifically in alcoholic drinks. A person who practices (and possibly advocates) teetotalism is called a teetotaler or teetotaller, or is simply said to be teetotal.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The temperance and prohibition movement-a social reform movement that pursued many approaches to limit or prohibit the use and/or sale of alcoholic beverages-is arguably the longest-running reform movement in US history, extending from the 1780s through the repeal of national prohibition in 1933.

Detailed explanation-5: -: moderation in action, thought, or feeling : restraint. : habitual moderation in the indulgence of the appetites or passions.