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Temperance associations spring up in the early 1800's
Temperaance organizations became popular in the early 1800's hundreds. Actual steps to reduce alcohol wouldn't begin in full until 1826 -
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Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush campaings against alcohol. He debunks many myths on alcohols benefits. -
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Leyman Beecher preaches prohibition
Leyman Beecher began to preach to his chuch goers and fellow citizens in the abolition of alcohol. He helps build support for the movement, due to his publish papper the "Sermons to Gentlemen Upon Temperance and Exercise (London, 1772). -
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The movement begins
The temperance movement began in Boston in 1826, by the American Temperance Society, due to the horrible drinking problems faced in America. People were litterally drunkily falling into open graves -
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Neal S. Dow
Neal S. Dow, from maine, gets fed up with heavy alcohol drinking in his state. he organizes the maine temperance union -
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The first prohibition law
Maine is the first state to pass a prohibition law. Many states soon follow in Maine's steps -
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Laws about prohibition
1857 saw around one dozen laws on prohibition, which focused mainly on reducing use through taxation.