Temperance Movement
... Thus the progressive movement burst onto the stage of American politics. One of the issues which the Progressives felt most strongly about was the anti-alcohol, or Temperance movement. ... Prohibitionists, like the Anti-Saloon League, achieved their goals because of their group tactics, their social makeup and composition, and the relative success of the Progressive movement as an entity. ... Religion also played a big role in the push for temperance. ... Along with the arguments prohibitionists used, it is also interesting to note why certain groups distinguished themselves as the driving forces towards temperance. Women were the major force behind the temperance movement. ... In fact, as pointed out by Document Q, the Womens Christian Temperance Union was the largest such movement in the country. Along with the women, religious groups were very involved in the Temperance movement. ... Businessmen were also very involved in the Temperance movement; they even represented up to forty percent of the entire movement. ... As history has shown the Temperance movement was a total disaster. ... The womens rights movement of the late 19th century went on to address the wide range of issues spelled out at the Seneca Falls Convention.