What was the goal of the temperance movement in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

During the late 1800s and early 1900s, the Temperance Movement fought to reduce consumption of alcohol. The movement began in the 1820s, rooted in Protestant churches, led by clergy and prominent laymen, and powered by women volunteers. More women were involved in temperance than any other cause in US history up to that point. Women’s involvement seemed natural since the movement targeted men’s alcohol abuse and how it harmed women and children. At first, the Temperance Movement sought to moderate drinking, then to promote resisting the temptation to drink. Later, the goal became outright prohibition of alcohol sales. This shift coincided with a large wave of immigrants from Southern, Central, and Eastern Europe, and some temperance advocates echoed the concerns of nativists as they objected to immigrants’ “wet” cultures and drinking customs. In addition, temperance advocates regarded urban saloons as hosts to a range of immoral behaviors beyond drunkenness, such as gambling, adultery, prostitution, profanity, and corruption.

Women rose to leadership roles with the founding of the national Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in 1874. Temperance became known as the “Woman’s Crusade,” and women staged peaceful demonstrations of prayer at businesses that served alcohol. These methods reflected the gentle moral guidance expected from women of the era. Later, the Temperance Movement changed its goals and tactics, and it became a powerful political force which sought to prohibit alcohol entirely. Carrie (or Carry) Nation, a radical temperance advocate, gained both support and notoriety through raiding saloons and using a hatchet to smash their liquor bottles. In the 1890s, the Anti-Saloon League rose to prominence as an influential prohibition lobby, using methods from business and government rather than the church. The League fueled the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment, or Prohibition, in 1920, which banned production and consumption of alcohol nationwide until 1933, when it was repealed by the Twenty-First Amendment. While the movement aligned itself with privileged white femininity, many women who participated in the Temperance Movement also contributed to other forms of social activism, such as abolition, women’s suffrage, and equal rights for women and people of color.

Upgrade to remove ads

Only SGD 41.99/year

  • Flashcards

  • Learn

  • Test

  • Match

  • Flashcards

  • Learn

  • Test

  • Match

Terms in this set (10)

What was the goal of the temperance movement in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

stopping the drinking of alcohol

What was the main goal of the settlement house movement?

to provide social services for immigrants

Who founded Hull House in Chicago in 1889?

Jane Addams

How many immigrants arrived in the United States between 1875 and 1910?

almost 8 million

In the 1870s, groups of women began marching from church meetings to nearby saloons. They knelt in prayer on the saloon's floor or on the street to block the entrance. The main reason women did this was

to protest the drinking of alcohol

What was one common way that members of the temperance movement attempted to stop people from drinking alcohol?

by physically blocking the entrance to bars

How is the work of the Salvation Army and other faith-based aid organizations related to the social gospel movement?

The work of these organizations addresses the concept of providing aid to less-fortunate people.

What was the goal of the Americanization movement that gained popularity between 1875 and 1910?

to encourage immigrants to assimilate into American culture

What is one group that was targeted by the Women's Christian Temperance Union?

saloon owners

In the late 1800s, the social gospel movement was based on the belief that

it was a person's moral duty to help less fortunate people.

Students also viewed

Urban and Social Reforms

13 terms

JordanWithenshaw

Reforming Business and Government :) Quiz

10 terms

figueroa_01

Urban and Social Reforms

10 terms

savanalbell

Urban and Social Reforms

8 terms

ToxxicToast

Sets found in the same folder

The Baby Boom

10 terms

Mrs_Leigh_Eng-3

End of the War in the Pacific

14 terms

chelseabailey19

Nonviolent Protest

10 terms

chelseabailey19

Reforming Business and Government :) Quiz

10 terms

figueroa_01

Other sets by this creator

Earth Science - Soil Formation

16 terms

znoori

Civil Rights for Americans with Disabilities

11 terms

znoori

The US Since World War II: The Cold War - Test Rev…

15 terms

znoori

War Crimes and the Holocaust

10 terms

znoori

Verified questions

finance

What is the net price of an item with a $1,200.00 list price having a 60% trade discount?

Verified answer

algebra

Answer true or false. If false, give the reason. \ LaGuardia $\in\{\text{J F K, L a G u a r d i a}$, Newark $\}$

Verified answer

algebra

Fill in the blanks in the following statement. A store is having a quarter-off ( $25 \%$ off) sale. The sale price for an item with a regular price of $\$ 120$ is__________.

Verified answer

algebra

For each group of diners, estimate the amount of a $15\%$ tip and the amount owed by each person. | Check Amount | Number of Diners | Round Check | Estimate Tip | Total Amount Owed | Amount Owed by Each Person | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | |$\$85 .92$| $3$ | $\underline{\qquad \qquad}$ | $\underline{\qquad \qquad}$ | $\underline{\qquad \qquad}$ | $\underline{\qquad \qquad}$ |

Verified answer

Recommended textbook solutions

What was the goal of the temperance movement in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

Operations Management

13th EditionWilliam Stevenson

980 solutions

What was the goal of the temperance movement in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

Information Technology Project Management: Providing Measurable Organizational Value

5th EditionJack T. Marchewka

346 solutions

What was the goal of the temperance movement in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

Human Resource Management

15th EditionJohn David Jackson, Patricia Meglich, Robert Mathis, Sean Valentine

249 solutions

What was the goal of the temperance movement in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management

12th EditionBarry Render, Chuck Munson, Jay Heizer

1,698 solutions

Other Quizlet sets

Social Movements

11 terms

Caelan_Ross

Race and Relations 2

56 terms

Noahp3

U.S. History Chapter 12 BOOK

74 terms

Bekah_N_

What was the goal of the temperance movement in the late 1800's and early 1900s?

temperance movement, movement dedicated to promoting moderation and, more often, complete abstinence in the use of intoxicating liquor (see alcohol consumption).

What was the goal of the temperance movement in the 1800s and early 1900s quizlet?

The goal of the temperance movement is to ban manufacture, selling and transporting alcohol beverages.

What were the goals of the temperance movement?

The goal of early leaders of the temperance movement—conservative clergy and gentlemen of means—was to win people over to the idea of temperate use of alcohol. But as the movement gained momentum, the goal shifted first to voluntary abstinence, and finally to prohibition of the manufacture and sale of ardent spirits.

What was the goal of the temperance movement in the late eighteen hundreds in early 1990s?

The primary goal of the temperance movement soon became a ban on the manufacture and sale of alcohol. Activists all across the nation campaigned for local and state laws prohibiting alcohol. In 1851 a prohibition law was passed in Maine stating that no alcoholic beverages could be made or sold in that state.