the debasement of the currency and the rise of inflation. He also undertook social reform by making compulsory services part of the social system. To unify the empire along religious grounds, he attempted to force Christians to embrace the Roman cult.
Constantine also made some reforms to try to stabilize the empire. He reversed the policy of Diocletian regarding the Christians with the Edict of Milan, which allowed Christians to worship publicly. He also reversed Diocletian's policy on multiple leaders, doing away with the other Roman rulers). He also moved the capital of Rome to Constantinople and addressed the issue of the currency,… Continue Reading...
was the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union was one of the first organizations dedicated to social reform that used applied Christianity to set standards from which the country would eventually experience. Activities like woman's suffrage and missionary work marked the first part of the temperance organization with Prohibition signaling the major shift. Interest in Prohibition was then turned after 1900 into the Anti-Saloon League and that is when legislation began to shift in favor of a federal ban on alcohol sales and consumption.
As previously stated, those in support of the move did so because they believed alcohol contributed to the larger social problems of… Continue Reading...
