History of the United States I / Unit 13 USH1 1830 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Washingtonians
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The idea
The Washington Temperance Society, organised in eighteen forty and named in deference to George Washington, drew its leaders from the working class.
In practice
As many as six hundred thousand had taken the pledge by eighteen forty-four.
Where people slip
They dramatised drunkenness as theatre, and Ten Nights in a Bar-Room of eighteen fifty-three became a stage production.
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