THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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Drinking alcohol was considered not lady-like.
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To many young children were drinking in bars
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Americans believed that it was a free country.
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Reformers wanted to stop men from wasting money and losing jobs.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -The goal of the temperance movement in the United States was to make the production and sale of alcohol illegal. Supporters believed that prohibiting alcohol would solve a number of society’s problems, making people safer, healthier, and more productive.
Detailed explanation-4: -Constitutional prohibition in the U.S. took place from 1920 to 1933 and was enacted ostensibly as a response to pre-existing social issues like domestic violence and child abandonment whose presumed cause was alcohol.