Alcohol Consumption In The 1800's
Alcohol consumption became big in the 1800’s and the common man drank alcohol every day. They started to drink it more commonly and even at work, men would get injured because their abuse of alcohol. Husbands would beat their wives if they drank to much and they weren't in the right mind this led to families separating. The temperance movement was effective in achieving its goals because the consumption of alcohol went down. The political cartoon shows the necessity of banning alcohol. The American Temperance Society wants to stop alcohol consumption for all of mankind in the mid 1800s. The picture shows a man evolving going a little drinker to the worst state, a drunk. Alcohol was evil and it had a negative effect on people and their families.