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Moral Control

Moral Control . Notes: Movies . Reformers tried to enforce morality by law. They sought to ban gambling, amusement parks, dance halls, and movie theaters. Movies were the main cause of this: Many movies were seen as immoral and sending the wrong message.

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Moral Control

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  1. Moral Control

  2. Notes: Movies • Reformers tried to enforce morality by law. • They sought to ban gambling, amusement parks, dance halls, and movie theaters. • Movies were the main cause of this: • Many movies were seen as immoral and sending the wrong message. • They were shown in immigrant neighborhoods in five cent halls called nickelodeons. • Some cities and states set up censorship boards.

  3. Notes: Prostitution • Major social problem in urbanizing America. • Male procurers lured new female immigrants into the prostitution business and collected some of their income. • Prostitutes made more money than women working in a factory. • Early twentieth century prostitutes could earn five times more than the average factory worker. • The Mann Act (1910) • Banned transportation of women across state lines to use them for “immoral purposes”.

  4. Notes: Hygiene • American Social Hygiene Association of 1914 • Created by John D. Rockefeller Jr. (son of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller Sr.) during the social hygiene movement. • Sought to improve health of individuals, their families, and entire communities especially regarding sexually transmitted diseases • Most diseases were transmitted because of prostitution • The members of the association felt that the elimination of prostitution would do away with STDs and STIs too.

  5. Notes: Alcohol • Some campaigns had previously attempted to ban alcohol. • Alcohol abuse was a big problem. • Annual consumption of hard alcohol per person was about 2.6 gallons per year • Poverty, domestic abuse, health issues, and other social pathologies were results of alcoholism.

  6. Notes: Anti-Saloon Act • Anti-Saloon Act (1895) • Founding led the legal abolition of alcoholic beverages. • Documented the role of alcohol, saloon problems, family disorders, political corruption, and workplace inefficiency. • Supported by Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and other influential church agencies.

  7. Notes: Drugs • Opium • Derived from juice of poppies • Smoked by Chinese immigrants • Also used in medicines • Physicians and manufacturers freely used the derivatives morphine and heroin • Cocaine • Extracted from cocoa leaves • Coca-Cola contained cocaine until about 1900. • Hague Opium Treaty of 1912 • A 12 nation agreement undertaken at US initiative.

  8. Notes: Drugs cont • Harrison Narcotics Act of 1914 • Follow up of the Hague Treaty • Strictly regulated drugs such as heroin, morphine, cocaine, and other addictive drugs

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