temperance movement

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political movement reform movement social movement

The temperance movement was a widespread social and political campaign, especially prominent in the 19th and early 20th centuries, that sought to reduce or prohibit the consumption of alcoholic beverages on moral and health grounds.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
temperance movement canonical	8
American temperance movement	2
British temperance movement	2
temperance movement in the United States	2
Prohibition movement	1
Temperance movement	1
social purity movement	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political movement ⓘ reform movement ⓘ social movement ⓘ
endTime	20th century ⓘ
hasGeographicScope	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Scandinavia ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasKeyConcept	abstinence from alcohol ⓘ moderation in drinking ⓘ prohibitionism ⓘ teetotalism ⓘ
hasMainGoal	prohibition of alcoholic beverages ⓘ reduction of alcohol consumption ⓘ
hasMotivation	moral concerns about alcohol use ⓘ public health concerns ⓘ religious beliefs ⓘ social order concerns ⓘ
hasNotableFigure	Billy Sunday ⓘ Carry Nation ⓘ Frances Willard ⓘ John B. Gough ⓘ Lyman Beecher ⓘ Mary Hunt ⓘ Neal Dow ⓘ
hasNotableOrganization	American Temperance Society ⓘ Anti-Saloon League ⓘ Band of Hope ⓘ Blue Ribbon Army ⓘ British and Foreign Temperance Society ⓘ Independent Order of Good Templars ⓘ Rechabites ⓘ Sons of Temperance ⓘ Woman's Christian Temperance Union ⓘ
hasOppositionFrom	brewing industry ⓘ distilling industry ⓘ saloon keepers ⓘ some immigrant communities ⓘ
hasRelatedIdeology	Victorian morality ⓘ progressivism ⓘ social gospel ⓘ
hasRelatedMovement	prohibition movement ⓘ public health movement ⓘ women's Christian reform movements ⓘ
hasSocialImpact	changes in drinking culture ⓘ closure of saloons ⓘ creation of dry counties ⓘ increased role of women in reform politics ⓘ
influenced	Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Prohibition era in the United States ⓘ surface form: Prohibition in the United States National Prohibition Act ⓘ surface form: Volstead Act licensing laws for alcohol ⓘ local option alcohol laws ⓘ social purity movement ⓘ women's suffrage movement in the United States ⓘ
influencedBy	Methodism ⓘ Evangelicalism ⓘ surface form: evangelical Protestantism revivalism ⓘ
startTime	early 19th century ⓘ
usedMethod	advocacy for legislation ⓘ formation of temperance societies ⓘ moral suasion ⓘ pamphleteering ⓘ petition campaigns ⓘ pledge signing ⓘ political lobbying ⓘ public lectures ⓘ
wasMostActiveDuring	19th century ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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Catharine Beecher → movement → temperance movement ⓘ

Prohibition era in the United States → cause → temperance movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: temperance movement in the United States

Antebellum period → socialMovement → temperance movement ⓘ

Victorian morality → associatedWith → temperance movement ⓘ

Six Sermons on Intemperance → influenced → temperance movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: American temperance movement

American Temperance Society → movement → temperance movement ⓘ

Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → influencedBy → temperance movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: temperance movement in the United States

Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor → movement → temperance movement ⓘ

Woman's Christian Temperance Union → movement → temperance movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prohibition movement

Woman's Christian Temperance Union → movement → temperance movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: social purity movement

London Missionary Society → supported → temperance movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Temperance movement

Sons of Temperance → movement → temperance movement ⓘ

Band of Hope → affiliation → temperance movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: British temperance movement

British and Foreign Temperance Society → influenced → temperance movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: British temperance movement

Mary Hunt → movement → temperance movement ⓘ

Mary Hunt → influencedBy → temperance movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: American temperance movement

Lucretia Coffin → movement → temperance movement ⓘ