Temperance movement Flashcards
1
Q
Forces outside the home
A
Could affect within it
2
Q
Movement sought to control
A
The greatest threat to the tranquil home
Alcoholism
3
Q
1830
A
Consumption levels reached an all-time high
7.1 gallons of pure alcohol from ages 15 and up
Double today’s amount
4
Q
Grain and apples
A
Distilled the goods
Made transportation easier
Also made alcohol easier to have
5
Q
Blamed heavy drinking on
A
Domestic assault
Family desertion
6
Q
Temperance was a huge movement
A
All over the world
Including Britian
7
Q
Cities and towns had to meet
A
Growing increase of alcohol problems and drunkards
Led many people to attempt to control drinking
8
Q
Temperance movement allowed
A
Women to assert themselves out of the home
Helped provide a rhetoric to women’s submissiveness to a dominant husband
