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  2. Prohibition in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Prohibition era was the period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. [1] The alcohol industry was curtailed by a succession of state legislatures, and Prohibition was formally introduced nationwide under the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified on January 16, 1919.

  3. Temperance movement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Drunkard's Progress: A lithograph by Nathaniel Currier supporting the temperance movement, January 1846.. In the United States, the temperance movement, which sought to curb the consumption of alcohol, had a large influence on American politics and American society in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, culminating in the prohibition of alcohol, through the Eighteenth Amendment to the ...

  4. List of temperance towns - Wikipedia

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    Temperance Towns were settlements planned, financed, and populated by followers of the temperance movement of the late 19th century.. Prohibition Park, New York (Staten Island), began as a summer colony for temperance followers in Manhattan and was financed by New York businessmen

  5. 19th-century newspapers that supported the Prohibition Party

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    It was difficult to draw the line between papers that advocated prohibition in a nonpartisan way, and those that advocated the Prohibition Party method. The former would include nearly all the religions papers, and many Republican and Democratic papers. This list draws the line distinctly on the support of the Prohibition Party.

  6. Temperance movement - Wikipedia

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    Typically the movement promotes alcohol education and it also demands the passage of new laws against the sale of alcohol, either regulations on the availability of alcohol, or the complete prohibition of it. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, the temperance movement became prominent in many countries, particularly in English-speaking ...

  7. Prohibition Party - Wikipedia

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    The Prohibition Party is a political party in the United States known for its historic opposition to the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages and as an integral part of the temperance movement. It is the oldest existing third party in the United States and the third-longest active party.

  8. Carrie Nation - Wikipedia

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    She married David Nation in 1874. She was previously known by either her birth name, Carrie Moore and, after her first marriage in 1867, as Carrie Gloyd. Nation was known as "Mother Nation" for the charity and religious work she did. [4] Like many in the temperance movement, she considered drunkenness a cause of many of society's problems.

  9. Maine law - Wikipedia

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    That organization grew and during the late 19th century a street in Manchester, England, was renamed Maine Road in honour of the law. Originally known as Dog Kennel Lane, the street was renamed due to the influence of the temperance movement in the United Kingdom. [6]