Question

What was the goal of the temperance movement in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

Answer 1

The goal of the temperance movement in the late 1800s and early 1900s was to stop the sale and consumption of alcohol in the United States, since it was deemed detrimental to society by many. 

Answer 2

The temperance movement was a social movement positioned against the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages. It highlighted the negative effect of alcohol on human health and family life. It sought for laws that prohibited alcohol extensively.

Their doctrines sucedeed somehow and led to enactment of the Eighteenth Amendment to the US Constitution and to the establishment of the Prohibition from 1920 to 1933.