PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE WOMENS MOVEMENT
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Reformers asked people to limit themselves to beer and wine in small amounts.
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Reformers encouraged people to abstain (avoid) drinking ANY alcohol.
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Reformers encouraged people to take part in the new Christian renewal movement.
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Reformers encouraged white church goers to accept African Americans into their church.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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. A review of alcohol’s influence in America.
Detailed explanation-2: -Anna Adams Gordon, American social reformer who was a strong and effective force in the American temperance movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Detailed explanation-3: -The earliest temperance reformers were concerned with the overindulgence of American drinkers and encouraged moderation. By 1830, the average American older than 15 consumed at least seven gallons of alcohol a year. Alcohol abuse was rampant, and temperance advocates argued that it led to poverty and domestic violence.
Detailed explanation-4: -temperance movement, movement dedicated to promoting moderation and, more often, complete abstinence in the use of intoxicating liquor (see alcohol consumption).