The Temperance Movement and Progressivism – Primary Source Examination

Directions: You will be visiting 10 Primary Source locations. You will have 3 minutes at each location. Study and/or read the Primary Documents and write down brief notes about what was involved in the Temperance Movement. Use the Graphic Organizer below to help organize your ideas.

Why target alcohol?
LEADS TO POVERTY AND RUIN
LEADS TO NEGLECT OF DUTY, MORAL DEGRADATION, AND CRIME
CONSEQUENCES OF EXCESS DRINKING – VICES [IDLENESS – MURDER OR SUICIDE], DISEASES [SICKNESS, VOMITTING – DEATH] ,PUNISHMENTS [DEBT, BLACK EYES – GALLOWS]
ABANDONED CHILDREN, DEATH, FIGHTING
CONSTANT USE OF LIQUOR – LOSING CONTROL – KILLING WIFE
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY (LITTLE THEY HAD)
REPOSSESSING BELONGS BY SHERIFF
JAIL – WOMEN LEFT ALONG WITH CHILDREN
WOMEN ARE GIVING UP THEIR HAPPINESS AND PROPERTY (BECOMING WRETCHED)
PRISON DESCRIPTION – DOORS LOCKED LARGE PADLOCKS, WINDOWS WITH IRON BARS, DIRTY AND FRIGHTFUL THE PRISONERS LOOKED
CRIMES THEY COMMITTED – BECAUSE OF ABIT OF USING STRONG DRINK
POOR AND LAZY
STEAL AND ROB INSTEAD OF EARNING
ANGRY, DRUNK, CURSE, STRIKE AND KILL FELLOW MAN
LENGTH OF PUNISHMENT – PERHAPS DEATH
MAN KILLED WIFE AND KIDS BY SETTING FIRE TO HIS HOUSE ,
What things did the Temperance Movement do or support to pursue their goals?
TEMPERANCE GOAL – LEADS TO VIRTUE AND HAPPINESS
USING THE LADIES – NO KISSING IF YOU DRINK
TOTAL PROHIBITION FOREVER
PLEDGES AND COLLEGE SOCIETIES
ABSTAIN FROM ALCOHOL (EXCEPT FOR MEDICINE AND LORD’S SUPPER)
CONSEQUENCES OF TEMPERANCE – HEALTH, RICHES, LONGETIVITY, HAPPINESS, STRENGTH, NOURISHMENT
USING IMAGES OF POOR CHILDREN AND INNOCENT WOMEN (WIVES)
REACHING OUT/WARNING WOMEN ABOUT WHO THEY ARE GOING TO MARRY
Who (individuals, organizations, etc…) was involved?
CARRY NATION (CARRIES A HATCHET) – SMASH UP BARS
LADIES
SONG WRITERS
MOTHERS, SISTERS, WIVES
COLLEGE STUDENTS
MEDICAL DOCTORS
MAGAZINES (NEW ENGLAND FARMER AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL)
What type of Images and thoughts did the Temperance Movement use?
FAMILY TEMPERANCE PLEDGE
NO KISSING
MAN SITTING IN JAIL CELL
ARMY WEARING CHRISTIAN ARMOR- LEAD BY MOTHERS, SISTERS, WIVES
[GIVE UP THE DESIRE OF EVIL ]SPIRIT, WINE, OPIUM, AND TOBACCO
SCALE OF TEMPERANCE AND EXCESS AND CONSEQUENCES
BAR TENDER – DEATH (SKELETON)
DANGEROUS SALOON (DEATH, FIGHTING, PARANOIA)
FATHER LOSING CONTROL – KILLS WIFE, CHILDREN PLEADING
FUTURE WIVES WARNING
DRUNKS FUTURE – PRISON AND DEATH