Prohibition: The Rise and Fall of the Temperance Movement
Prohibition was a grassroots movement that changed America. Through an engaging recounting of historical events accompanied by eye-catching imagery, students will get to know some of Prohibition's dynamic leaders through their own words and actions, including Carry Nation who swung her ax to break up saloons, and Frances Willard who was a leader of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Readers will meet Purley Baker, the persuasive lobbyist who convinced lawmakers to carry out the plans of his organization, the Anti-Saloon League, and ban the sale and manufacture of distilled spirits. A detailed chronology, chapter notes, and a further reading section with books, websites, and films offer in-depth information and additional resources for study.
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Prohibition: The Rise and Fall of the Temperance Movement
Prohibition was a grassroots movement that changed America. Through an engaging recounting of historical events accompanied by eye-catching imagery, students will get to know some of Prohibition's dynamic leaders through their own words and actions, including Carry Nation who swung her ax to break up saloons, and Frances Willard who was a leader of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Readers will meet Purley Baker, the persuasive lobbyist who convinced lawmakers to carry out the plans of his organization, the Anti-Saloon League, and ban the sale and manufacture of distilled spirits. A detailed chronology, chapter notes, and a further reading section with books, websites, and films offer in-depth information and additional resources for study.
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Prohibition: The Rise and Fall of the Temperance Movement

Prohibition: The Rise and Fall of the Temperance Movement

by Richard Worth
Prohibition: The Rise and Fall of the Temperance Movement

Prohibition: The Rise and Fall of the Temperance Movement

by Richard Worth

Overview

Prohibition was a grassroots movement that changed America. Through an engaging recounting of historical events accompanied by eye-catching imagery, students will get to know some of Prohibition's dynamic leaders through their own words and actions, including Carry Nation who swung her ax to break up saloons, and Frances Willard who was a leader of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Readers will meet Purley Baker, the persuasive lobbyist who convinced lawmakers to carry out the plans of his organization, the Anti-Saloon League, and ban the sale and manufacture of distilled spirits. A detailed chronology, chapter notes, and a further reading section with books, websites, and films offer in-depth information and additional resources for study.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781725342095
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Publication date: 07/30/2020
Series: Movements and Moments That Changed America
Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range: 12 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Chapter 1 Leading a Revolution 9

Chapter 2 Drinking Traditions 26

Chapter 3 The New Temperance Movement 43

Chapter 4 Women Take the Lead 60

Chapter 5 The Anti-Saloon League 72

Chapter 6 The Perils and the Promise of Prohibition 89

Chapter 7 After Prohibition 106

Conclusion 114

Chronology 117

Chapter Notes 119

Glossary 124

Further Information 125

Index 126

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