Carrie Nation

Keaura Shekaylyn Davis

HONOR U.S. HISTORY

11/17/14

Compelling Question

What made Carrie Nation so upset?

Why did she destroy the taverns?

Is the hatchet Carrie’s favorite tool?

How did her actions impact life during 1910?

Why did she start to do it?

Cite Source

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Nation

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/1900/peopleevents/pande4.html

http://www2.potsdam.edu/alcohol/Controversies/Biography-Carry-Nation.html

About Carrie Nation

Born in Garrard County, Kentucky on November 25,1846

Died in Leavenworth, Kansas on June 9,1911

She was the member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (was founded in November 1874 in Cleveland, Ohio)

She was against alcohol

She was attacking the taverns with alcohol with her hatchet

What made Carrie Nation so upset?

Carrie Nation was upset because the law enforcement didn’t do anything about a alcohol in the taverns so she decided to destroy the taverns with her hatchet