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The first Temperance Society was formed by Lyman Beecher in hopes of decreasing the consumption of alcohol.
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Maine became to first state to prohibit the manufacture and sale of alcohol in 1851.However, this law was repealed in 1856.
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In Hillsboro, Ohio Eliza Thompson and her group of women against alcohol sang hymns outside J.W Bales liquor store to protest the use of alcohol.
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In Oberlin, Ohio, Reverend Howard Hyde Russell founded the Anti-Saloon League. The partnered with Woman's Christian Temperance Union in order to help start prohibition.
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Carry Nation started her famous protest against alcohol in Kiowa, Kansas when she smashed the saloon of the Carey Hotel.
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The Anti-Saloon League and Woman's Christian Temperance Union marched on Washington on December 10th, 1913 in hopes of getting the government to add a Prohibition Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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On the 16th of January, 1919, the 18th amendment was passed. It prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol.
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The Volstead Act is passed "To prohibit intoxicating bevergaes, and to regulate the manufacture, production, use, and sale of high-proof spirits..." and marks the start of prohibition.
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In the 1920s(no specific date), William McCoy started the trade of rum-running when he sailed his schooner stocked with 1500 cases of alcohol from Nassau, Bahamas to Savannah, Georgia. This trip alone earned him $15,000.
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On December 5th, 1933, the 21st amendment is put into action. The 21st amendment repealed the 18th amendment, ending the prohibition.
