Statements (50)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
organization
|
gptkbp:activities |
organizing rallies
publishing literature conducting campaigns lobbying for prohibition laws |
gptkbp:affiliation |
Prohibition Party
|
gptkbp:areaServed |
gptkb:United_States
|
gptkbp:collaboratedWith |
religious groups
social reformers women's organizations |
gptkbp:dissolved |
1933
repeal of Prohibition |
gptkbp:focus |
prohibition
|
gptkbp:founded |
1893
|
gptkbp:founder |
gptkb:John_G._Woolley
|
gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
|
gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
pivotal in the prohibition era
|
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Anti-Saloon League
|
gptkbp:impact |
significant in the 1920s
|
gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:American_temperance_movement
|
gptkbp:keyPeople |
gptkb:Wayne_Wheeler
|
gptkbp:language |
English
|
gptkbp:legacy |
influenced future alcohol policies
|
gptkbp:membership |
varied over time
|
gptkbp:motto |
nan
|
gptkbp:notableEvent |
public speaking engagements
partnerships with civic organizations advocacy for women's suffrage as related to temperance Influenced the passage of the 18th Amendment Promoted the Volstead Act advocacy for temperance education campaigns against alcohol consumption collaboration with other temperance organizations distribution of anti-alcohol literature engagement in grassroots activism formation of local chapters influence on state legislatures involvement in local prohibition laws ratification of the 18th Amendment support for dry candidates in elections National_Prohibition_Act_passage formation_of_the_League |
gptkbp:opposedBy |
brewers
distillers liquor industry |
gptkbp:relatedTo |
Prohibition
Volstead Act 18th Amendment |
gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:Women's_Christian_Temperance_Union
|
gptkbp:type |
lobbying organization
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