The Temperance Movement

The temperance movement, or the effort to prohibit the drinking of alcohol, was another offshoot of the influence of churches and the women's rights movement. Many Americans recognized drunkenness as a serious problem. Lyman Beecher, a prominent Connecticut minister, had begun lecturing against all use of liquor in 1825. A year later, the American Temperance society was founded. By 1833, some 6,000 local temperance societies dotted the country.

All reform movements in the 19th century.