Anti-Saloon League

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The Anti-Saloon League was a powerful early 20th-century American pressure group that led the campaign for national Prohibition by lobbying for strict alcohol control laws.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political advocacy group ⓘ
pressure group ⓘ
temperance organization ⓘ
activePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
activity lobbying state legislatures ⓘ
lobbying the United States Congress ⓘ
publishing propaganda ⓘ
voter mobilization ⓘ
archivesAt Anti-Saloon League Museum in Westerville, Ohio ⓘ
Westerville Public Library ⓘ
basedIn Ohio ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 1950 ⓘ
fieldOfWork alcohol law reform ⓘ
temperance movement ⓘ
founded 1893 ⓘ
foundedAs Anti-Saloon League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ohio Anti-Saloon League
foundedBy Howard Hyde Russell ⓘ
hasPart Anti-Saloon League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Anti-Saloon League of America
headquartersLocation Westerville, Ohio ⓘ
ideology prohibitionism ⓘ
temperance ⓘ
influenced United States alcohol policy ⓘ
temperance legislation in the United States ⓘ
keyPerson Ernest Cherrington ⓘ
Howard Hyde Russell ⓘ
Wayne Wheeler ⓘ
mainOrgan The American Issue ⓘ
mergedInto Temperance League ⓘ
movement Prohibition era in the United States ⓘ
surface form: Prohibition movement in the United States
notableAchievement leading role in securing national Prohibition in the United States ⓘ
notableWork campaign for the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
operatedIn multiple U.S. states ⓘ
opposedBy brewing industry ⓘ
distilling industry ⓘ
wet politicians ⓘ
opposedTo consumption of alcoholic beverages ⓘ
manufacture of alcoholic beverages ⓘ
sale of alcoholic beverages ⓘ
originalHeadquartersLocation Oberlin, Ohio ⓘ
parentOrganization Anti-Saloon League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Anti-Saloon League of America
publication The American Issue ⓘ
The American Issue Weekly ⓘ
purpose lobbying for strict alcohol control laws ⓘ
promotion of national Prohibition in the United States ⓘ
strategy nonpartisan support for dry candidates ⓘ
single-issue political pressure ⓘ
supported Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
National Prohibition Act ⓘ
surface form: Volstead Act

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temperance movement → hasNotableOrganization → Anti-Saloon League ⓘ
National Prohibition Act → relatedTo → Anti-Saloon League ⓘ
Anti-Saloon League → foundedAs → Anti-Saloon League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ohio Anti-Saloon League
Anti-Saloon League → hasPart → Anti-Saloon League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anti-Saloon League of America
Anti-Saloon League → parentOrganization → Anti-Saloon League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anti-Saloon League of America