Groundhogs will enter your yard to find food and a safe place to burrow. Harvest crops like beans, peas and melons as early as possible. Groundhogs prefer burrowing in areas that provide ample cover; remove piles of debris, rocks and/or wood where groundhogs may take shelter.
The temperance movement, discouraging the use of alcoholic beverages, had been active and influential in the United States since at least the 1830s. Since the use of alcohol was often associated with such social ills as poverty and insanity, temperance often went hand in hand with other reform movements. From the 1850s onward, the temperance movement focused much of its efforts on Irish and German immigrants.
1 The temperance movement occurred in the mid 1800s. 2  The goal of the movement was to limit the heavy drinking that most Americans were doing. 3  Their drinking was excessive and had a negative effect on the economy. 4  It caused a decrease in work productivity and an increase in work accidents.