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Temperance Movement . By: Hayley Tart, Laura Bozzi, Emily Carnevale, and Raquel Zollo. Background Information . The average male in the 1830’s drank nearly 3 times as much alcohol as the average person does today. The temperance movement has been active since the 18 th century.
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Temperance Movement By: Hayley Tart, Laura Bozzi, Emily Carnevale, and Raquel Zollo
Background Information • The average male in the 1830’s drank nearly 3 times as much alcohol as the average person does today. • The temperance movement has been active since the 18th century. • The effort to prohibit the drinking of alcohol, was another offshoot of the influence of churches and the women’s rights movement • Women viewed drunkenness as a serious problem
Important Leaders/ Groups • Lyman Beecher, a Connecticut minister lectured against the use of liquor in 1825. A year later, The Temperance society was founded • Amelia Bloomer created “The Lily”, which was a newspaper about the temperance movement. She also belonged to the women's suffrage movement. • The American Society for the Promotion of Temperance was a major group that used many of the techniques of revivalism in preaching abstinence. • In 1840, 6 reformed alcoholics in Baltimore organized the Washington Temperance Society. • Mary C Valghan, at a Temperance Movement in NY, 1852 explained the evils of alcohol and encouraged other women to join the movement.
Connection to Jacksonian Democracy • Jacksonian Democracy made woman feel as if they could share their opinions because it was opening up men's voting rights. • Due to the new rights women felt that they should have a say, so they decided to create movements such as the temperance Movement. • In the Temperance Movement woman were expressing their negative opinions about alcoholism, by joining together.
Accomplishments • Gains education for women • Until the 1820’s, American girls had few educational opportunities beyond elementary school • Sarah Grimke complained in Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women • Elizabeth Blackwell 1849, became the first women to graduate from medical college which later opened the New York Infirmary for women and children
Multiple Choice • The Temperance movement was known for fighting which issue? A. Gambling B. Farming C. the right to vote D. The consumption of alcohol and production of alcohol illegal. • The Temperance reformers were against public drunkenness for all reasons except: A. was a threat to the family B. Increased family wealthy C. was a public disturbance D. Lead to crime
Multiple Choice • What were the goals of the Temperance Movemnet? A. To stop drunkenness B. improve morality of America C. Get an “A” in Schaible’s class D. both a and b E. all of the above
Bibliography • American History: A Survey 2003 NY,NY Alan Brinkley • The Americans: Gerald A. Danzer, J Jorge Klor de Alva, Larry S. Krieger, Louis E. Wilson, Nancy Woloch2000 Evanston, IL
