The Temperance Movement was needed because many reformers advocated that drinking was the main cause to social, family and personal problems. Many women were miserable in thier marriages because thier husbands would beat them. Back in those days beating and horribly disrespecting women was allowed. Many husbands would hurt thier wives so bad that they would end up in the hospital. All the aggression and the reasons behind hurting thier wives would always be linked back to alcohol. Alcohol causes many people to become aggressive and easily ticked off. The large amount of consumption and the constant state of being highly intoxicated would cause the men to do terrible things.
