Alcohol,+HUH,+What+is+it+good+for?+Absolutley+Nothang.(Temperence+movement)

Topic:Temperence Movement

Focus: How women helped advance the temperence movment and allowed women to gain power.

Reason for choice: As a male, Usually I do not research the women's side of a movment and this would be a new study for me.

What's your point? (thesis): In a time where women usually were not allowed to vote or own property, women first gained movment for suffrage and temperence. Starting with the Women's Christian Temperence Union.

What three reasons do you have that will back up your point?

1.) How it began.

2.)Women were driving force for temperence.

3.) How did this efect everything later on/

What is your first reason and three to five facts to support it? How it began. In the 1830's the temperence movment began with the idea's most people had about alcohol. Such as that it was connected to or even caused insanity, poverty and the evil's of the world. '38 alc could be purhcased only in bulk so poor cdn't purhcase it (MASS) Soon, Maine outlawed alcohol alltogether. However, it would be long until urban areas would give up alcohol. This was different from the bible belt. In 1873, the Women's Christian Temperance Union in Hillsoboro, Ohio.

What is your second reason and three to five facts to support it? Women were the driving force behind temperence. 1870s, WCTU, began praying on saloon floors upon hearing sermon on evils of alcohol. The movment ended up spreading nationally and becoming a major political force. Women became tired of alcohol's influnce on society and families. They tried to use legislation to coerce people into temperence. The party soon became interesting in reforms on things such as prostitution,labor, sanititation and peace. Like a snow ball rolling and gathering more and more members, the party stated to get into women's suffurage and began to organize suffurage leaders and had women get involved in politics. Feminist Leader Frances WIllard wanted a home protection ballot to help families and eliminate problems such as alcohol abuse as they believed women were the superior sex.

What is your third reason and three to five facts to support it? The temperence movment organized suffragettes and shaped the world later on. This included - Women getting into politics and organizing suffrage movments -Allowing Prohibition to be enacted -Now women could have influnce, the movment was started from temperence to start the mopvment for the right to vote.

Based on your research, what conclusions would you make and how does your research connect to your life?

Ideas on how you are going to present? Involve the class? Be exciting? Interesting? Wow? Huh? Ahhh?

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