During the 1820s, Americans' per capita consumption of alcoholic beverages
A) decreased dramatically with the religious revivals of the Second Great Awakening.
B) increased to the highest point ever in American experience.
C) decreased because of the high prices of corn and rye whiskey.
D) increased, but to a rate only half as high as that for present-day Americans.

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During the 1820s, Americans' per capita consumption of alcoholic beverages reached its peak, largely due to the availability and affordability of distilled spirits like whiskey. This period saw the highest level of alcohol consumption in American history, not matched in any other era.

During the 1820s, Americans' Per Capita Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages