The Temperance Movement
The Temperance Movement was a movement in the social aspect of life that urged people to moderate their consumption of alcoholic beverages.
People of the Temperance Movement:
Supporters of the Movement:
- Wealthy business owners that believed alcohol made workers less constructive
- Spiritual and agricultural conservatives
- Metropolitan Progressives
- Both male and female that work together or alone
Leaders of the Movement:
- P.T. Barnum- Major prohibitionist who was most know for showing "The Drunkard" in the American museum he owned.
Argument Against the Movement:
While it was hard to find a large group of people who opposed the Temperance movement you did find some. These people thought that it was unconstitutional and unfair because only a small percentage of the population abused the alcohol.
Why no Alcohol?
Some may question why it was such a big deal to have alcohol sales. many public places in the early to mid 1800s had public areas where you could go get a drink any time this making the men drunk and not able to perform at work so they where not getting paid putting a lot more people in the lower class. One other reason may be that men where coming home drunk and beating their wives and children putting their lives in danger.
- An Example of what was happening at some of the homes with alcohol abuse.
(Benevolent Societies) The Washingtonian Movement had six men in Massachusetts signed a pledge saying that they would stop consuming alcohol. They traveled around America and received as many as 600,000 signatures on their pledge.
ReplyDeleteThe Temperance Movement
ReplyDeleteI disagree with the Temperance Movement highly because no where in the constitution does it give the government the right to regulate what we eat or drink until we are intruding on the rights and liberties of others. A person abusing or addicted to alcohol won't stop simply because it's against the law. Instead the government now has to put time and money into attempting to regulate alcohol instead of regulating the people instead who use it and buy.
Andrew McIntosh
DeleteJoey Phillips.
Abolitionist Movement
DeleteLyman Beecher
ReplyDeleteI agree to this movement! The constant imbibing of alcohol by the people is staggering and gluttonous. And because I feel that morality is key, then I must agree.
Jimmy Stiveson & Luke Payne
The Great Awakening
ReplyDeleteThe 2nd Great Awakening taught people to go back to church. Alcohol leads people away from The Lord. Instead of turning to the Lord, People turn to the bottle to drown out their problems. That is never a good idea because without God we are nothing
PAUL REID and luke reid
We, the Shakers, believe that this movement is a step in the right direction for our mankind! The temperance movement is a movement that urges people to change their drinking habits and drink alcohol in more reasonable doses. Our villages do not allow alcohol at all, but this movement is the start of a grand ending, with abolishing alcohol entirely in this great country.
ReplyDelete-Davis and Michael
Prison Reforms
ReplyDeleteWe appreciate your concern about the alcoholics in our area. With the Temperance Movement, citizens are being more positively active in the community instead of being imprisoned for doing something immature while intoxicated. Thank you!
Love, Becca Ballard and Emily Linn
Charles Grandison Finney
ReplyDeleteI must say I agree with this movement. Alcohol can cause people to sin and sin is a deliberate act that defies God. Condoning the consumption of alcohol is condoning sin.
Nolan Mullican