- here people felt that america was becoming a country of "drunks"

- wonkers were spending their money at bars & parties

- people pushed to have the production and distribution of alcohol banned

- they were effective in getting hotels, boats and employers to agree to alcohol banned

-in 1851 Maine became the first state to ban the sale of alcohol; the law was later repealed, but the movement led to a decrese in the amount of Americans that drank alcohol