Prohibition
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Throughout the country it was a suprisingly sober night. The national binge, which was widely expected, did not take place. Even New York, a city ist considered a modern-day Gomorrah, was relatively sedate during the last hours of legal liquor on January 16, 1920.() This day in history began a p ....
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.... the United States were drinking, on the average, the equivalent of 7 gallons of pure alcohol per person each year.”() This amount of alcohol is in about 70 gallons of beer, 39 gallons of wine, or 151/2 gallons of distilled liquor. Some people, including physicians and ministers, became concerned about the extent of alcohol use. They believed that drinking alcohol damaged people’s health and moral behavior, and promoted poverty. People concerned about alcohol use urged temperance- that ....
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