The Temperance Movement was popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries, with the goal of controlling, limiting, or banning the use of alcohol. There were a lot of different groups that made up this movement, each with slightly different goals. Women were mainly at the forefront of the movement, as they tended to be the victims of alcohol and the abuse that went along with it. The movement spread to the majority of the states by the mid-1800s, and it was a powerful force in the creation of the Eighteenth Amendment, the banning of alcohol in the United States. That is when the movement ended, for its ultimate goal was achieved.
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