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Group One:Episode One – A Nation of Drunkards1. What was the use of alcohol like by early Americans?2. Why would doctors suggest that people drink alcohol instead of “stagnant or dirty water”?3. How did distilled spirits – with significantly higher alcohol content than beer or ale – alter the rituals of drinking for Americans?4. What negative effect did overconsumption of alcohol have on the family?5. According to historian Catherine Murdock, what was the paradoxical relationship between alcohol consumption and masculinity? How did overindulging in alcohol affect their relationship with their wives and children?6. Do you agree with the title of the video, A Nation of Drunkards? Why or why not?Group TwoEpisode One – The Absolute Shall1. What was the purpose of the Washingtonian Society?2. Do you think their method of men helping each other to recover from the problems of alcohol, would be effective? Why or why not?3. Why did some clergymen disapprove of the Washingtonian Society’s methods?4. How did 19th century American women find a role in the temperance movement?5. In the 19th century, the temperance movement shifted from advocating moderation and voluntary abstinence to more government regulation. Why did this shift occur?6. What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of having government involved in regulating alcohol and imposing “the absolute shall” on this issue?Group ThreeEpisode One – Terribly Wonderful1. Beer and whiskey were not the salon’s sole attraction. Describe the different functions the saloon served for most men living in cities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Social functionEconomic functionPolitical function2. Describe the marketing plan developed by the beer breweries to franchise their product to local neighborhoods.3. Discuss and record some of the problems that “vice districts” such as “Skid Row,” “The Barbary Coast” and “Satan’s Circus” had on American life in cities.Democratic GovernmentLaw EnforcementEconomic ProsperitySafety and securityGroup FourEpisode One – Retribution1. Explain the strategy behind the Anti-Saloon League’s mission to get rid of alcohol in America.2. Review the numerous anti-alcohol images (cartoons, slogans, signs) presented in this video segment and explain how the ASL combined propaganda, religion, and political coercion to make alcohol a “wedge issue” in elections.3. Explain how Wayne Wheeler, the ASL’s main political operative, succeeded in getting local and state governments in Ohio to prohibit alcohol. What was the lesson other politicians understood about Wheeler’s methods?4. Explain how Progressives saw their role in the debate over the prohibition of alcohol.Group FiveEpisode One – The Time is Now1. Explain the Prohibitionists’ strategy for supporting a national income tax amendment to the Constitution and how the passage of the 16th Amendment (income tax law) was a boost for a prohibition on alcohol.2. Why did the protestors feel a constitutional amendment was more favorable than a law?3. How would such an amendment be unlike most previous amendments?4. Describe the reasons the following interest groups began to support a Prohibition amendment.IndustrialistsLabor UnionsAfrican American LeadersSouthern Whites ................
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