HIST205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: William Lloyd Garrison, Free Soil Party, Arkansas River
11 Mar 2016
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A few other possible questions for the first exam might include the follow. However, please note that these are possible questions; there are many other possible questions, and these examples may or may not be included on the exam: The early 1800s was a period of great reform. Be able to discuss the temperance movement and education reform in great detail. Identify important individuals, major associations/organization (when applicable), and key ideas: temperance reform: by 1830, americans drank more than 5 gallons of distilled spirits per person each year. But before that in the early 1820s, concerns about public order and health began to grow. Reformers linking excessive drinking to domestic violence, loss of income and jobs, and public rowdiness. The main problem was the tradition of drinking throughout the day on the job and off. The first stage was businessmen began to forbid drinking on the job, and within a few years a movement to enact temperance legislation started.
