Question

Explain what role the temperance movement played in forming liquor laws in the Oklahoma Constitution.

Answer 1

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Responses may vary but should include some or all of the following information:  The temperance movement lobbied for the limited consumption of alcohol and evolved to support the prohibition movement for Oklahoma to enter the Union as a dry state. Notable supporters were Carrie Nation, Maude Thomas, and Charles Haskell, who became the first governor of Oklahoma. The temperance and prohibition movements succeeded, and Oklahoma’s constitution included provisions that made Oklahoma the first state to enter the Union as a dry state.

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