History of the United States I / Unit 13 USH1 1828 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Lyman Beecher
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The idea
Lyman Beecher delivered six sermons on temperance in eighteen twenty-five, published the following year, urging his readers to abstain totally from hard liquor.
In practice
Voluntary associations forming to bring forth a new day without spirits.
Where people slip
Temperance suited the middle-class ethic of encouraging hard work and a sober workforce, which Unit 09 entry 1250 describes.
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