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The temperance movement in the first half of the 19th century was an influential social undertaking that called for.

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Answer: the legal prohibition of all alcohol

Explanation: During the Victorian period, the temperance movement became more political, advocating the legal prohibition of all alcohol, rather than only calling for moderation. Proponents of temperance, teetotalism and prohibition came to be known as the "drys".

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