question archive 9 What does Daniel Okrent say about the real mentality of the temperance and prohibition movement, especially in the South? a
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9 What does Daniel Okrent say about the real mentality of the temperance and prohibition movement, especially in the South?
a. It was a way to make life better for the working poor, such as Southern Whites trying to make life better for the immigrants coming to the large cities of the South to work.
b. It was a way for people to deny something to another group they did not like and had power over, such as Southern Whites trying to prevent the . Southern Blacks from drinking and voting.
c.This is a trick question, Mr. C. It's all of the choices.
d. It was a way to mix religion and politics to improve life, such as southern Baptist (both Black and White congregations) supporting Prohibition because they thought alcohol was the work of the Devil