Search results
The American Civil War dealt the movement a crippling blow. Temperance groups in the South were then weaker than their Northern counterparts and did not pass any statewide prohibition laws, and the few prohibition laws in the North were repealed by the war's end.
By 1855, the approach of Civil War had fragmented and regionalized the temperance movement (a prohibition movement now in all but name) and shifted the focus of moral energy. Northern temperance societies were militantly antislavery and had inundated subscribers to southern temperance journals with abolitionist literature.
- Mark H. Moore, Dean R. Gerstein
- 1981
- 1981
Sep 16, 2024 · The movement spread rapidly under the influence of the churches; by 1833 there were 6,000 local societies in several U.S. states. Some temperance advocates, notably Carry Nation, worked to great effect outside the organized movement. The earliest European organizations were formed in Ireland; the movement began to make effective progress in ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The revival had an impact on the temperance movement in two significant ways. First, it preached against all alcohol consumption. Second, it taught that salvation was possible through good works, inspiring many people to become involved in social reform.
The temperance and prohibition movement—a social reform movement that pursued many approaches to limit or prohibit the use and/or sale of alcoholic beverages—is arguably the longest-running reform movement in US history, extending from the 1780s through the repeal of national prohibition in 1933.
Women led a resurgence of the temperance movement in the 1870s. The movement had started in the 1820s, led by Protestant churches and their female volunteers. Temperance activists were concerned about the effects of liquor on men’s behavior and society in general.
Prayer meetings and pledges characterized the post-Civil war "gospel" temperance movement. This movement was similar to early temperance movements in that drunkenness was seen as a sin; however, public testimony was used to convert others and convince them to sign the pledge.
