Established in 1826 in Boston, MA. It has around 170,000 members in this group who pledged to abstain from distilled beverages. The society benefited from a reform sentiment in the country for promoting the abolition of slavery, women's rights, temperance and the improvement of the society. Later on, temperance groups pressed more for the prohibition of alcohol rather than the abstinence of it. The American Temperance Society was the first organization to mobilize massive support for one specific reform movement.
Worcester v. Georgia
This was a case in the United States Supreme Court in which it vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester and held the Georgia criminal statue that prohibited non-Indians from being present on Indian lands without a license from the state was unconstitutional. President Jackson ignored the ruling of the court and found it constitutional.
Lowell Mill Strike of 1834 and 1836
The board of directors decided to have a %15 decrease in wages. After some meetings, the mill girls decided to have a strike and the strike eventually failed and the girls returned to work with the reduced pay. Then again in 1836, the board of directors proposed an extra hike in rent to be paid by the textile workers living in the company boarding houses. The mill workers responded in a "turn-out" and this time with twice the amount of support and with this strike, it lead to a drop in the company production and eventually lead to the board deciding to drop the rent hike.
The Liberator
This was an abolitionist newspaper founder by William Lloyd Garrison in 1831. The newspaper earned nationwide notoriety for its uncompromising advocacy for immediate emancipation of all slaves. Of course with anything relating to the emancipation of slaves, it faced harsh resistance from other states who opposed this paper. This newspaper continued for three more decades all the way through the American Civil War.
Cherokee Nation v Georgia
This was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Cherokee Nation sought a federal injunction against laws passed by the state of Georgia depriving them of their rights within its boundaries but the court did not hear its case based on merits. It was ruled that it had no original jurisdiction.