Why Did Temperance Reformers Make One of Their Main Targets

question 64

Multiple Choice

Why did temperance reformers make one of their main targets the moderate drinkers among the laboring classes?

• A) These drinkers were not supporting local tavern keepers.
• B) Drinking interfered with the orderly and steady habits required by the new factory system.
• C) Reformers hated factory workers.
• D) Taverns prevented workers from relaxing.
• E) Taverns drove down property values.

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