The Inspiration for the American Temperance Movement
The inspiration for the American temperance movement dates back to the 1840s when masses of German and Irish immigrants moved into the country. These immigrants populated urban cities where high crime rates and violence followed. Many organizations blamed the consumption of alcoholic beverages on these wrongdoings. These groups believed alcohol was the source of all evil and they sought to have all of it destroyed (Dannenbaum, 1984). Prohibition first began on a state level when in 1851, Maine banned the […]
