never thought of "excoriating" alcohol until the 19th century (Tyrrell 16). During this time widespread crime and dismay arose. Some beneficial things did come out of this period of chaos such as women were able to prove themselves as people their temperance movements. During this time many things happened that led to Prohibition’s strongest point and to its fall. Prohibition proved to be a failure from the start‚. Prohibition was scarcely adhered to and also widely defied but out of this women had
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to full swing. The Scientific Temperance foundation was one of the Anti-Saloon Leagues biggest partner organizations. The partnership of the STF and the ASL began in June 1913‚ with the League holding a majority on the STF’s board. The Boston based STF was founded in 1906. The Boston STF was formed upon the death of Mary Hannah Hanchett Hunt of the Women’s Christian Temperance Unions department of scientific temperance Instruction. Hunt had focused on bring temperance education into the classroom
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those making objections to the granting of licenses. All these Private Members’ and government promoted attempts failed‚ except for an increased tax on whisky‚ The Children’s Act of 1909‚ which restricted the sale of alcohol to minors‚ and the Temperance Syllabus of the Board of Education. Gambling‚ while often condemned in combination with drink‚ does not appear to have elicited demands for prohibitive legislation. The Church’s
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The Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform‚ also known as WONPR‚ “argued that Prohibition exacerbated the evils it was designed to combat.” While the opposing temperance group‚ the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union‚ WCTU‚ “a group that claimed to speak for all women—believed that Prohibition protected the home and family from the violence and immorality associated with alcohol” (Neumann 31). The women in these movement groups jointly
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of Temperance. Temperance is the opposite of gluttony in that it “brings order to the concupiscible appetite‚ and thus to the emotions of love‚ hate‚ sensible satisfaction‚ desire‚ aversion and sorrow as they bear upon a pleasant good.” Temperance is all about being able to make yourself hold back from taking more then you need‚ whether it is in eating‚ or in the pleasures of the body. The first part of temperance is abstinence‚ which is a cutting back of food. Unlike gluttony‚ temperance is
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Second Great Awakening‚ one of many religious reforms‚ expanded equality through the belief that everyone could attain salvation through hard work and faith. The Second Great Awakening was the spark for many of the other reform movements‚ such as Temperance‚ Women’s Rights‚ and Abolition. These movements along with reforms of prisons and mental facilities‚ and education attempted to craft America into a more utopian society. The Second Great Awakening had started after the Revolutionary War‚ gained
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have vices on either side and are found through trial and error somewhere between them‚ the virtue of temperance does not have this quality and is therefore more easily defined. Out of the all virtues that Aristotle discusses in Nicomachean Ethics‚ temperance is desirable above the rest because the basic principles of self-control allows one to achieve several of the other virtues and temperance is an easily
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In what ways did the Second Great Awakening in the North influence TWO of the following? Abolitionism Temperance Utopian communities The Second Great Awakening was a powerful religious revival that swept the nation during the mid 1800s. While it was potent in every region of the country‚ it had a particular effect on three social areas of the North: abolitionism‚ temperance‚ and the development of utopian communities. All three rose from the ideas of the Second Great Awakening‚ which held that
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In a time when women were ignored and downtrodden by the male-dominant society‚ the Women’s Christian Temperance Union arose in 1874 to fight against the culture of alcohol that threatened the lives and livelihoods of women and families. Among these was a woman named Carry Nation‚ a radical fighter in the temperance movement who caused the destruction of bars in protest of the state of Kansas’ failure to enforce a ban on the production of alcohol. Carry Nation‚ along with nearly all women in the
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description‚ as she contains not only three cardinal virtues prudence‚ temperance and fortitude‚ but also generosity‚ truthfulness and thoughtfulness. Elizabeth is lovely‚ witty‚ confident‚ well-behave and thoughtful lady‚ for which she wins lots of admiration in her community. Unlike her mom boasting all around and her younger sisters misbehaving all the time‚ she always behaves properly and speaks properly in publics‚ which shows her temperance. Unlike lots of other women who focus only on marrying wealthy
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