The document discusses the moral reform movement of the Progressive Era that aimed to improve lives and promote middle-class values among the poor through prohibiting alcohol. Key reform groups like the Women's Christian Temperance Union and Anti-Saloon League lobbied to ban alcoholic beverages and close bars, seeing them as contributing to issues like political corruption and blocking assimilation. Their efforts led to the passage of the 18th Amendment in 1920 establishing Prohibition, though it was later repealed in 1933 by the 21st Amendment.

1. Moral Reform

2. Progressive Movement reform movement of middle-class city dwellers to fix problems of urbanization and industrialization REMEMBER…

3. Three Progressive Goals Promote Democracy Protect Social Welfare Reform the Economy REMEMBER…

4. Progressives wanted to clean up morality to improve the lives of the poor Moral Reform Teach them middle-class American values GOAL: Protect Social Welfare

5. Banning of alcoholic beverages Prohibition

6. Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) Prohibition Organizations Worked for woman suffrage so they could support prohibition

7. Anti-Saloon League (1895) Prohibition Organizations Worked to close bars because they served as a place… To cash paychecks For political machine headquarters

8. Anti-Saloon League (1895) Prohibition Organizations Worked to close bars because they served as a place… For immigrants to meet (blocked assimilation) For prostitution

9. Went into affect in 1920 18th Amendment Banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol 1933 ~ repealed by the 21 st Amendment

10. The End