The Age of Change: Reform Movement of the 1830s

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Lyman Beecher

Major leaders of the temperance movement

Lyman Beecher was a minister from Connecticut that began lecturing people about drinking alcohol in 1825. A year later she founded the American Temperance Society. By 1833, 6000 local temperance societies were in the country. They made rallies and pamphletsr that were educational and that caused a decrease in the amount of alcohol consumed.

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The Age of Change: Reform Movement of the 1830s

By Fureys

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