The great irony in American history is how the "demon rum" of the nineteenth century became a mark of good taste for the social drinker. What reason would best explain the cause?
a. The patterns of consumption changed both in the amounts and who drank alcoholic beverages.
b. The ingredients in rum no longer changed Christian Americans into "devils."
c. After Prohibition, alcohol consumption became socially acceptable.
d. Women began drinking more during the Roaring Twenties.
a
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a. legislative branch, special interest groups, and local opinion leaders b. corporate rich c. unorganized masses of the citizenry d. executive branch of government
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A. the total fertility rate. B. fecundity. C. the general fertility rate. D. the growth rate.