HyperDoc Timeline

  • American Temperance Society created

    Also known as the American Society for the Promotion of Temperance. One of the most influential "dry" groups advocating abstinence from alcohol. Established by clergymen in 1826.
  • Carrie A. Nation born

    Caroline Amelia Nation was born November 26, 1846. She was noted for attacking alcohol-serving establishments (most often taverns) with a hatchet or a bat.
  • Woman’s Christian Temperance Union founded

    WCTU gave the temperance movement its most powerful voice. They originally proposed the ban of alcohol as a method for preventing abuse from alcoholic husbands. They spent many years building the movement though education and local and state laws.
  • Kansas Banned Alcohol

    In their state constitution, Kansas put a ban on alcohol.
  • Eighteenth Amendment passed through Congress

    The Eighteenth Amendment, from Wayne Wheeler, passed in the U.S. Congress chambers in December 1917. Later ratified by three-fourths of the states in January 1919.
  • Women gained the right to vote

    Ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment was marked official August 18, 1920 with Tennessee's "yes" vote.
  • League of Nations Established

    President Woodrow Wilson presented the "Fourteen Points" which was a plan to end and prevent war forever. It was adopted by diplomats and began the construct of the League of Nations. First executive council meeting was January 16, 1920. At the highest point it had 58 member states.
  • Al Capone Imprisoned

    Al Capone was sent to jail by the Untouchables for tax evasion in 1932.
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Cullen-Harrison Act

    This act amended the Volstead Act. It allowed the manufacturing and sale of low-alcohol beer and wines.
  • Prohibition repealed

    This was at the federal level, with ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment. However, it did allow prohibition to be maintained at state/local levels.