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The temperance movement is a social movement promoting temperance or total abstinence from consumption of alcoholic beverages. Participants in the movement typically criticize alcohol intoxication or promote teetotalism , and its leaders emphasize alcohol 's negative effects on people's health , personalities, and family lives.
Temperance Map . Description: An early allegorical map of temperance. ... This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas ...
Temperance movement in the United States (20 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Temperance movement by country" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
The temperance movement is a social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
Map on Temperance, (Full title: Map on Temperance Designed by W. M. Murrell, The reformed Cruiser Author of the Cruise of the Columbia &c.) Description An early allegorical map on temperance, accompanied by a lengthy poem.
The temperance movement in the United Kingdom was a social movement that campaigned against the recreational use and sale of alcohol, and promoted total abstinence (teetotalism). In the 19th century, high levels of alcohol consumption and drunkenness were seen by social reformers as a danger to society's wellbeing, leading to social issues such ...
The Temperance movement in Ireland was an influential movement dedicated to lowering consumption of alcohol that involved both Protestant and Catholic religious leaders. In Ireland, Catholic priest, Theobald Mathew persuaded thousands of people to sign the pledge, therefore, establishing the Teetotal Abstinence Society in 1838.
The Band of Hope Union was founded in 1851. In the United States the movement had generally changed its name to Loyal Temperance Legion, though some locals continued using the Band of Hope name. In 1908 there were approximately 15,000 Bands of Hope and other temperance youth organizations with about 20,000 members.