Since 1984, the legal age to consume alcohol has been set at 21 years of age. ... To completely understand both sides of the drinking age debate, it is helpful to examine the evolution of the country's minimum drinking age law and historical liquor laws, which include prohibition in the 1920s, and the National Drinking Age Act of 1984. ...
HISTORY: in its broadest sense, is the story of humanity's past. It also refers to the recording of that past. The diverse sources of history include books, newspapers, printed documents, personal papers, and other archival records, artifacts, and oral accounts. Historians use this material to form coherent narratives and uncover linked sequences and patterns in past events. Most histories are concerned with causality, that is, why certain outcomes happened as they did, and how they are linked to earlier events. 1 Origins of Historical Writing In preliterate societies, the acc...
