A cartoon from Australia. The temperance movement began in the early 19th century (around the 1820s). Before this, although there were diatribes published against drunkenness and excess, total abstinence from alcohol (i.e., teetotalism) was very rarely advocated or practiced.n early temperance movement began during the American Revolution in Connecticut, Virginia and New York state, with farmers forming associations to ban whiskey distilling.
1 Water. 2  Ruler. 3  Independent Variable-The independent variable is the thing that you change in the experiment. 4  All the other things in your experiment should stay the same. 5  For example, in our experiment the independent variable is the type of fertilizer. We'll use the same kind of pot, soil, and plant. We'll have the plants get the same amount of light and stay in the same room at the same temperature. We'll add the same amount of water. The only thing that will change is the kind of fertilizer. Dependent Variable-The dependent variable is the thing that changes because of the independent variable. For us, that would be the height of the plant.
n. 1 a variable in a mathematical equation or statement whose value depends on that taken on by the independent variable. in ``y = f(x)'', ``y'' is the dependent variable. 2 (Psychol, statistics) the variable measured by the experimenter. It is controlled by the value of the independent variable, of which it is an index. English Collins Dictionary-English Definition & Thesaurus &nbsp. See also: dependent clause, dependent variable, dependently, dependant. bad day for science. bad day for science. exp. expression used when nothing is going well.