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Boston ministers founded the American Temperance Society (ATS)
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Massachusetts prohibited sale of alcohol in amounts less than 15 gallons.
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Massachusetts repealed its 1838 prohibition law
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Maine prohibited the sale or making of any alcoholic beverage.
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Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) organized.
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Frances Willard elected president of the World's WCTU.
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American Anti-Saloon League founded.
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Carry Nation, prohibition activist who destroyed saloon property from 1900-1910, died.
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18th Amendment ratified, establishing prohibition as the law of the land.
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21st Amendment took effect, repealing the 18th Amendment (prohibition).
