The Temperance Movement

By elijahricks
  • Alcohol is preached as sinful

    Alcohol is preached as sinful

    John Wesley, founder of Methodism, preached that drinking alcohol was sinful.
  • ATS founded

    ATS founded

    Boston ministers founded the American Temperance Society.
  • ATU founded

    ATU founded

    American Temperance Union (ATU) founded, merging two existing national temperance organizations
  • WTS founded

    WTS founded

    Washington Temperance Society founded in Baltimore, named for the first U.S. president.
  • Massachusetts repeals

    Massachusetts repeals

    Massachusetts repealed its 1838 prohibition law but permitted local option.
  • Maine prohibits

    Maine prohibits

    Maine prohibited the sale or making of any alcoholic beverage.
  • WCTU founded

    WCTU founded

    Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) officially founded at its Cleveland national convention. Annie Wittenmyer elected president, and advocated focusing on the single issue of prohibition.
  • Anti-Saloon League

    Anti-Saloon League

    American Anti-Saloon League founded.
  • NPP new president

    NPP new president

    National Prohibition Party nominated Eugene W. Chapin (Illinois) for President; he received 252,821 votes.
  • The end to Prohibition

    The end to Prohibition

    21st Amendment passed, repealing the 18th Amendment and prohibition.