Teetotalers and Saloon Smashers: The Temperance Movement and Prohibition

by Richard Worth

Overview

One of America's founders, Dr. Benjamin Rush often wrote about the importance of temperance, or not drinking too much alcohol. By the nineteenth century, many more Americans thought alcohol was a big problem and began to speak out. Leaders of temperance groups across the country called for laws limiting or prohibiting the sale of alcohol. "Saloon smashers" destroyed bars and taverns. Author Richard Worth explores the history of the temperance movement, its relentless supporters, and the era of Prohibition in the United States.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780766029088
Publisher:	Enslow Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	08/16/2008
Series:	America's Living History Series
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	10 - 17 Years

Editorial Reviews

America's Living History series. Archival photographs, maps, and sidebars combine with dry but informative texts to provide introductions to voting rights or prohibition. Highlighting key events and figures, these titles portray the historical periods, the movements' successes and failures, and their lasting impacts. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind., The Horn Book Guide Fall 2009

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