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Re: Upcoming 200th anniversary of...guess which novel?

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djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote in 
news:p0KDys.1qyr@kithrup.com:

> In article <5977327c-9ec0-45df-8a6f-12254768a587@googlegroups.com>,
> Robert Carnegie  <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>>
>>Then again, alcohol prohibition also started in 
>>the U.S. in - 1920?
> 
> Correct.
> 
> >- although I'd say that wasn't 
>>scientists' fault either.
> 
> No, it was sort of "virtue" legislation left over from World War
> I, when it was proposed.  It takes an amendment a while to work
> through ratification, and by the time Prohibition was passed,
> the war was over.

The Temperance Movement got going in the early 1800s, and became
a major force after the Civil War. It was hardly something that
came in a hurry. - it had been building for many decades.

pt

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  Re: Upcoming 200th anniversary of...guess which novel? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2017-12-05 20:35 +0000
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