Read: The Temperance Movement: The Fight for an Alcohol-Free America.
Writing in the role that you have been assigned (see below), argue whether temperance necessary to resolve a variety of social ills caused by alcohol abuse? Or did it unjustly restrict people’s right to sell and consume alcohol?
Use evidence from the reading: “The Temperance Movement” to support the position you have been assigned, your textbook, readings. Use the article Making a Winning Argument as a guide to writing an excellent, winning argument. Read through the other posts to see how your argument stacks up.
Please check your D2L email to see which role you have been assigned.
ROLES
- Middle-class wife & mother
- Middle-class husband & father
- Boss of a factory
- Tavern owner
- Factory worker
- Local politician
- Preacher
- German/Irish immigrant
- Farmer
my role is number 8. german/Irish, immigrant.
