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Lyman Beecher - New England
Alcohol intoxication, also known as Intemperance was a problem in New England at the time. It occurred at many social events that Beecher attended and he decided to take a stand against it. In 1825 he delivered and published six sermons on intemperance. -
The Washingtonians' society of reformed drunkards formed at a tavern in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1840, widely considered a precursor to Alcoholics Anonymous. -
Maine was the first state to prohibit the manufacture and sale of liquor in 1851, after Neal Dow, the mayor of Portland, gathered thousands of signatures on a petition demanding the state legislature enact a law. The law was later repealed in 1856. -
War ravages the country between North and South states in America. -
A temperance campaign in the United States that was led by Eliza Thompson. It was a series of non-violent protest fighting against dangers of alcoholism. -
Frances Willard became the head of the Women Christian Temperance Union in 1879. -
The League lobbied at all levels of government for legislation to prohibit the manufacture or import of spirits, beer and wine. -
The Prohibition Party formed in 1876. A prohibition amendment to the Kansas state constitution went into effect in 1881 (the 2nd state, after Maine, to ban the manufacture and sale of alcohol). -
Adolphus Busch entered the brewery supply business in St. Louis, Missouri in 1857, went into partnership with his father-in-law, Eberhard Anheuser, and soon became the first brewer to succeed at bottling beer for shipment. By 1910, Busch is the most powerful brewer in the United States. -
The 16th Amendment establishing the Federal Income Tax is ratified on February 3, 1913.