Causes of Movement
Gallons the average American drank in a year
What is 7 gallons
Slang for people who opposed Temperance Movement
Who are Wets
The temperance movement along with the Second Great Awakening gave this group of people more rights and freedoms.
Who is Women
Most Common Drink in the Midwest
What is Whiskey
First formal temperance group
What is The American Temperance Society
A religious revival movement
What is The Second Great Awakening
People who drank a lot
Majority of America.
Hate towards immigrants especially Irish and Germans rose due to the the belief they were drunkards. This gave rise to this belief.
What is Nativism.
Increased in popularity due to large immigration from Germany
What is Beer
A temperance group formed from former hard drinkers (essentially like AA today)
Who are The Washingtonians
Economic factor (why is it bad for workers?)
Drunk workers don't work very efficiently.
Businesses opposing the Temperance Movement
What are Breweries, Taverns, Distilleries
Act that established national prohibition from 1920-1933
What is the Volstead Act
Kentucky's speciality
What is Bourbon
Founder and first President of Women's Christian Temperance Union.
Who is Annie Wittenmyer.
President who died from Alcohol-induced cirrhosis ( liver failure and alcohol poisoning).
Who is 14th President of the US Franklin Pierce.
Which groups of people generally were against the movement
Who are Catholic and Jewish Americans
While it did not last. This amendment banned the manufacturing, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages
What is the 18th Amendment
Hard Eastern European liquor. Derived from potatoes.
What is Vodka
Prominent WCTU Leader and its second President
Who is Frances Willard
The effects and disruption caused by alcohol were made clear during this internal conflict.
What is the Civil War
President of the United States who really liked alcohol.
Who is 14th President of the United States Franklin Pierce.
First state to put a ban on alcohol.
What is Maine
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree with this name for a booze derived from apples
What is Hard Cider
Most well known for chopping up bars with an axe
Who is Carry Nation