The temporence movement provided to many parts of society. The movement affected women, and some religious areas. The women wanted to put a stop to alchol abuse, and to their own abuse. The men would sometimes come home drunk, and abuse their wives. This is why they wanted to rid alchol. The religious areas wanted to destroy alchol because they thought of it as the devil's drink, or poison. They were optomistic, and the men were pesimistic because they enjoyed beer, and carrrying on.