Final Project — History 2100 — Fall 2014

1. Temperance Pub
Sarah Miranda

2. Temperance Movement
• “Organized efforts to induce
people to abstain—partially or
completely—from alcoholic
beverages”
• These efforts began in the 19th
century in the United States and
Great Britain
• As drinking increased efforts of
the temperance movement
became more acknowledge and
noticed

3. • In 1808 the first temperance group was formed in Saratoga, N.Y.
• The most successful temperance group was Woman’s Christian
Temperance Union.
• The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union was founded in 1874
• WCTU received help from major political powers and demanded for
more government control of liquor
• Small scale: they passed several liquor laws eventually in securing
federal prohibition

4. • Key members that drove this force
were Frances Elizabeth Willard,
Susan B. Anthony and Carry Nation
• This movement also allowed for
scientific research on alcoholism
and the education of proper or no
alcohol consumption
• “the abolition of the liquor trade
was felt to be as important as the
abolition of slavery had been to the
previous generation of reformers”

5. Sources
J. A. Krout, The Origins of Prohibition (1925); H. Asbury, The Great
Illusion (1950); J. R. Gusfield, Symbolic Crusade: Status Politics and the
American Temperance Movement (1963); J. H. Bechtel, Temperance
Selections (1893, repr. 1970).
• Murdach, Allison D. "The temperance movement and social
work." Social Work 54.1 (2009): 56+. Health Reference Center
Academic. Web. 25 Oct