Wheel+Of+Respectability

Temperence supposed to get rid of alcohol anf social problems that come with it such as poverty and roughness. heavy drinking past time of the rough--started out with high-class temperence societies who wanted the rough to stop drinking because they wanted a perfect society then later rough respectables such as artisans created their own temperence societies these 2 groups fought between themselves

3 main things they fought over, Entertainment, Religion, Prohibition

Entertainment WTS had entertainment-the ATU frowned on this (Charlie Whites Jim Crow entertainment-"too close assoc. b/w temp and the low-life grog shop) Wheel of Resp. They are too vulgar, higher class avoids it

Religion Evangelicals (ATU) believed WTS anti-clerical+athiest (not true). Prayers excluded from WTS meetings alarmed ATU (wts was trying to avoid "sectarianism") self-reform vs. religous men who say you nees a spiritual transformation as well mors about which comes first religous reform or self reform also a conflict b/w dif. denominations.

Prohibition Washingtonians renounce reliance on legal measures-ATU want prohibition by 1840 ATU pledge abstinince from manufactire+traffic of liqour b/c of WTS direct connections to taverns also lower-class-has had issues w/the law see prohibition as possible to corrupt. CT. Woodman "had been incarcerated 17 times in house of correction for intemperence"-hated it! Moral suasion superior (wts) fear of lower class taking over movement.

IAN TYRELL PG 194-203