Temperance+Movement

__**Carrie A. Nation Biography**__  She was perhaps the most famous person in the Temperance movement. Carrie started the fight against alcohol after her first marriage ended in failure because her husband was a heavy drinker. After the divorce, ten years later she was remarried to David Nation on December 27, 1877. This is when she gained the well-known last name of Nation, which is the name that made her famous during the temperance movement. During her fight to promote temperance, Carrie was jailed around 30 times because she destroyed bars and their goods with a hatchet. She died on June 9, 1911 after a long period of hospitalization due to her ill health. Women’s Christian Temperance Union, which was founded in 1874, dealt with world peace, prison reform and health. Carrie Nation was a member of this union and tried to help the world by promoting Temperance.

The wolf watches as the Democratic and Republican parties fight each other over the Temperance Issue. The wolf is happy because either way, he wins.
 * __Political Cartoon of Temperance__**

__**Supporting article on Temperance**__ The Temperance Movement was a very controversial movement in the 19th and early 20th century. Temperance was focused on the moderation of alcohol consumption, but from its unpopularity you would think it was trying to eliminate alcohol altogether. The main reason for Temperance was to reduce the amount of abusive relationships, destitution, and crime as a result of overconsumption of alcohol. Despite temperance's unpopularity many women still proceded to lead the movement forward to ensure the well-being of boththemselves and their children. Temporence was an important movement as alcohol can greatly impact peoples' lives, and i believe that its opposition was uncalled for, as it was for the well-being of the country.However I do have to say some pro-Temporance acts were also taking the matter too far, banning alcohol isn't nessisary,people just need to be more cautious about the amount they drink. I believe that Temperance was for the greater good, i just wish that more people back in the day could have understood that.