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With the founding of the American Temperance Society in 1826, the movement took off. Within five years, there were 2,220 temperance societies in the United States, with 170,000 members who had taken a pledge of abstinence.
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www.wesleyan.edu/libr/schome/amezion/case3.htm
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This Web site is an accompaniment to the Library Company of Philadelphia's more extensive exhibit on the origins of temperance reform in the United States.
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www.albany.edu/jmmh/vol2no1/spirits.html
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Temperance movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A temperance movement is a social movement against the use of Alcoholic beverages. Temperance movements may criticize excessive alcohol use, promote complete abstinence, or pressure the government t...
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While drinking was the favorite pastime of men, as the country entered the 1830's the temperance movement was becoming the organization of choice for women. The American Temperance Society was founded in 1826 and "demon rum" became the enemy of all Christian women.
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February 13, 1826: The first The American Temperance Society was founded in Boston. It would later be renamed the American Temperance Union and would become a national cause. Within a decade there were over 8,000 like-minded groups with more than 1.5 million members...
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The lifespan of the temperance movement reached a second reform era, Progressivism. This period was characterized by maturing social and governmental efforts to reform society, whose roots lay in ... Temperance Movement; The American Civil War (1861-1865) weakened the temperance movement both nationally and within Ohio,
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Founders of the American Temperance Society 13 February 1826 ... Thereafter both local, national and international temperance societies sprang up on every quarter. Some like the Washington Temperance Society did not consider temperance to be a religious issue at all while others felt compelled by God to proclaim temperance.
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The Anti-Saloon League, founded in Ohio in 1893 and organized as a national society in 1895, ... Explore African-American views on prohibition. Search the collection The African-American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920 on temperance to read the African Methodist Episcopal Church Review on the subject of drink.
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Find the best deals on "Permanent Temperance Documents of the American Temperance Society" by American Temperance Society (0405040547) ... ISBN 0405040547 / 9780405040542 / 0-405-04054-7 ... Publisher Arno Press...
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