Answer:
In the 1830s, more men became part of the temperance movement in the United States because they thought that alcohol was negatively affecting their jobs.
Explanation:
Towards the end of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth, leagues and associations for temperance were formed in Connecticut, Virginia and the state of New York. They were inspired by the idea that alcohol produces physical and psychological damage, thus affecting people in all the aspects of their life, especially at home and in their jobs. In the 1820s, similar groupings began in eight other states.
The American Temperance Society was formed in 1826 and benefited from the country's renewed interest in morality and religion. In twelve years it came to have eight thousand local groups and more than one and a half million members. By 1839, there were already eighteen periodicals in the United States advocating temperance.
Due to the correlation between alcoholism and domestic violence, the temperance movement was often linked to other movements for women's rights. At the most fanatic end of the movement was Carrie Nation, the woman who, ax in hand, invaded taverns and destroyed the bottles she found there.
