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The First Age of Reform
“In the history of the world,” Ralph Waldo Emerson declared in 1841, “the doctrine of Reform had never such scope as at the present hour.”[1] Not much a joiner of causes...
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Mary Elizabeth Lease: Populist Reformer
Blaming Wall Street for the nation’s economic woes is not a new...
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Second Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening began about 1795 in New England. During the Second Great Awakening revival events known as camp meetings were held throughout the nation, and evangelical sentiment contributed to antebellum moral reforms such as the temperance movement.
Glossary Term – Event
Start of Prohibition
Prohibition began when the Eighteenth Amendment went into effect.
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Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution forbidding the manufacture, sale, transportation, import, and export of “intoxicating liquors” was ratified, instituting Prohibition nationwide. The amendment was repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment in 1933.
Glossary Term – Event
Carrie Nation’s barroom-smashing campaign began.
In Wichita, Kansas, temperance activist Carrie Nation marched on the Carey Hotel and smashed all the liquor bottles in sight.
Glossary Term – Organization
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union was founded in 1874 to promote total abstinence from alcohol. WCTU members asserted that alcohol consumption led to neglect and domestic violence on the part of men. The WCTU also supported woman suffrage and other social reforms.