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The Temperance Movement. The country's first serious anti-alcohol movement grew out of a fervor for reform that swept the nation in the 1830s and 1840s.

Some were Temperance Hotels such as Elcombe’s at 17-19 Oxford Street. Others would go to the music halls which were often rowdy places that allowed heavy drinking. One such in the 1850’s was ...

In 1830, as the temperance movement was finding its voice, drinking-age Americans, mostly men, were knocking back about seven gallons of liquor every year — about three times as much as today ...

In the early 1840s, ... This phase of the temperance movement contributed to an estimated 75% decline in overall American drinking from 1830 to 1845.

The WCTU resurrected the tactics of anti-alcohol activists from the 1830s and 1840s, ... As the temperance movement peaked in popularity in the early 20th century, ...

NEW TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT. Share full article. Jan. 24, 1889. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from January 24, 1889, Page 8 Buy Reprints.