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Temperance movement | Definition, Leaders, Facts, Significance . . . Temperance movement, movement dedicated to promoting moderation and, more often, complete abstinence in the use of intoxicating liquor The earliest temperance organizations seem to have been those founded at Saratoga, New York, in 1808 and in Massachusetts in 1813
Temperance movement - Wikipedia Participants in the movement typically criticize alcohol intoxication or promote teetotalism, and its leaders emphasize alcohol 's negative effects on people's health, personalities, and family lives
Social Welfare History Project Temperance Movement Eventually these temperance societies began to promote the virtues of abstinence or “teetotalism ” By the 1830s and 1840s many societies in the United States began asking people to sign “pledges” promising to abstain from all intoxicating beverages
Temperance Movement - Women the American Story Women led a resurgence of the temperance movement in the 1870s The movement had started in the 1820s, led by Protestant churches and their female volunteers Temperance activists were concerned about the effects of liquor on men’s behavior and society in general
The Temperance Movement - U-S-History. com The temperance movement of the 19th and early 20th centuries was an organized effort to encourage moderation in the consumption of intoxicating liquors or press for complete abstinence
Roots of Prohibition | Prohibition | Ken Burns | PBS 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
What is the Temperance Movement? (with pictures) - America Explained In the United States, the temperance movement was a social movement of the 19th and early 20th centuries that was dedicated to encouraging the reduction or elimination of the consumption of alcoholic beverages in the nation
Unveiling the Temperance Movement: Americas Pioneering Battle Against . . . The Temperance Movement was a significant social campaign in the United States during the 19th century, aiming to curb the consumption of alcohol The movement emerged out of growing concerns over the harmful effects of alcohol on both individuals and society as a whole
TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT | Encyclopedia of the Great Plains The temperance movement arose in the nineteenth century as a result of high rates of liquor consumption, consumption that many observers thought damaging to the individual drinker, to families, to communities, and to society as a whole