The excessive consumption of alcohol by Americans in the 1800s
a. was addressed by the wide availability of private and government-sponsored alcoholism programs for alcoholics.
b. did not involve women.
c. held little threat for the family because everyone drank.
d. had little impact on the efficiency of labor.
e. stemmed from the hard, struggling, and monotonous life of many American men and women.
e
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