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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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....ve. In the 1820’s and 1830’s, the first temperance crusade reduced the average annual intake of pure alcohol per person to about 3 gallons.() Support for declined after the Civil War began in 1861. To revive support, people who favored , often called drys or ist, formed a number of organizations to promote liquor reform. In 1869, for example, drys founded the Party, which presented ist candidates for political office. In 1874, a group of Protestant women established the Women’s Christian .... |
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