American Temperance Society

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19th-century organization social reform organization temperance organization

The American Temperance Society was a prominent early 19th-century U.S. reform organization that campaigned for reduced alcohol consumption and helped launch the broader temperance movement.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
American Society for the Promotion of Temperance 1
Anti-Saloon League 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century organization ⓘ
social reform organization ⓘ
temperance organization ⓘ
advocatedRestrictionOf distilled spirits ⓘ
alsoKnownAs American Temperance Society ⓘ
surface form: American Society for the Promotion of Temperance
associatedWith Second Great Awakening ⓘ
antebellum reform movements ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
declinePeriod mid-19th century ⓘ
founded 1826 ⓘ
foundedBy Justin Edwards ⓘ
Lyman Beecher ⓘ
other New England clergy ⓘ
foundedInPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
goal moral reform ⓘ
promotion of abstinence from alcoholic beverages ⓘ
reduction of alcohol consumption ⓘ
hadMembership hundreds of thousands of members ⓘ
nationwide network of local societies ⓘ
helpedLaunch national temperance movement in the United States ⓘ
helpedPopularize local temperance societies ⓘ
temperance pledges ⓘ
ideology temperance ⓘ
influenced Prohibition movement in the United States ⓘ
Washingtonian movement ⓘ
Woman's Christian Temperance Union ⓘ
laterAdvocatedRestrictionOf all alcoholic beverages ⓘ
location United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
movement temperance movement ⓘ
opposedPractice drunkenness ⓘ
social drinking of spirits ⓘ
peakActivityPeriod 1830s ⓘ
1840s ⓘ
placeOfFoundation Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston

Massachusetts ⓘ
promotedPractice signing temperance pledges ⓘ
teetotalism ⓘ
religiousOrientation Protestant ⓘ
evangelical ⓘ
targetedGroup American middle class ⓘ
male drinkers ⓘ
typeOfCampaign moral reform campaign ⓘ
usedMethod local auxiliaries ⓘ
mass membership campaigns ⓘ
moral suasion ⓘ
pamphlet distribution ⓘ
public lectures ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American Temperance Society → alsoKnownAs → American Temperance Society ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Society for the Promotion of Temperance
temperance movement → hasNotableOrganization → American Temperance Society ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anti-Saloon League
Lyman Beecher → memberOf → American Temperance Society ⓘ