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The Temperance Crusade

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The Temperance Crusade

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  1. The Temperance Crusade

  2. I'm sick and tired of your excuses, can't deal with livingAnymore, I'll give you reasons to continue while you lieWriting on the floor. I'll wash away your lies and have you hypnotized. there'll beNo compromise today, I'll share your life of shame, I think youKnow my name, I'll introduce myself today, I'm the demonAlcohol, demon alcohol, I'll get you. If you could deal with your reflection I'm sure you'd see intoMy eyes, there'll be no need for resurrection, let's drink toPeople of the lies.

  3. Although that one's too much, you know ten's not enough,There'll be no compromise today, I'll watch you lose control,Consume your very soul. I'll introduce myself today, I'm the demon alcohol,Demon alcohol, ha ha demon alcohol, demon alcohol, let's party.(demon alcohol) (I'm the demon alcohol) I'm sick and tired of resolutions, you've quit me time andTime again, don't speak of suicide solutions, you took myHand, I'm here to stay.

  4. This time it's you or me, I'll never set you free, there'll be noCompromise today. So satisfy your lust, too much can't be enough, I'll introduceMyself today, I'm the demon alcohol, the demon alcohol, aha,Demon alcohol, demon alcohol. Let's party!y.

  5. Taverns and drinking were essential parts of early American history. The law in many colonies required that there would be ample inns and taverns to refresh travelers along their journeys. Drinking served a social purpose and was considered part of a healthy lifestyle. After the American Revolution, movements against alcohol abuse started to gain steam. States developed different laws to regulate the granting of licenses for the sale of liquor. The temperance crusade originated when many reform-minded Americans wanted to find the causes of crime and poverty. Many came to realize that people were a product of their environment. If a bad environment could be eliminated, problems could be eliminated. The temperance crusade had its basis in religion. Early religious leaders condemned drinking for its waste of money, the harmful impact on one’s health and family, alcohol’s “enslavement” of an individual’s body and mind, and the ruin of the drink on one’s soul.

  6. For those who spearheaded the temperance movement, they advocated a restricted use of alcohol, not the total elimination of alcoholic beverages. • Early temperance movements were not very effective; people still drank to excess. Drinking had really become a serious problem by the early 1800s. Improvements in distillation, transportation, and distribution made hard liquor cheap and accessible. • During the 1820s/30s some groups started to advocate for a total withdrawal of any kind of alcohol. This created a split in the Temperance Movement. • Examples of temperance movement(s) against alcohol use: (1) Washington Temperance Society—reformed drunks who shared their stories to inspire others to sign a pledge of “total abstinence” from alcohol (like our current-day AA); (2) Neal Dow and the Maine Law of 1851—Maine became the first state to outlaw the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.

  7. Even though other states followed Maine’s example, most of these laws were soon repealed after immigrant groups and other anti-reform groups discovered they could use their views towards a political advantage. • Even though the temperance movement failed to free the nation of hard liquors, they contributed to a marked decline in the per capita consumption of alcoholic beverages. • The temperance movement had good ambitions, but ever present was the idea that an individual’s rights could be infringed based over a moral issue.

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