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What did the temperance movement try to do?​

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Limit and ban consumption of alcoholic beverages in U.S. It was mostly supported by women (probably bc they had alcoholic, abusive husbands)

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Fun fact: there were a lot of shootings and smuggling during this time and Wisconsin was especially pressed

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The temperance movement is a social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Participants in the movement typically criticize alcohol intoxication or promote complete abstinence from alcohol (teetotalism), and its leaders emphasize alcohol's negative effects on people's health, personalities and family lives.

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