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"Any evidence to the contrary notwithstanding, national Prohibition rapidly acquired an image, not as a law which significantly reduced the use of alcohol beverages, but rather as a law that was widely flouted... Even given a 60 percent drop in total national alcohol consumption, a considerable amount of imbibing still took place. Yet the image also derives in part from the unusual visible character of those Prohibition violations which did occur... Most drinking took place in urban areas were practically any activity was more likely to be witnessed... The fact that the upper classes were doing much of the imbibing further heightened its visibility."- David E. Kyvig, Repealing National Prohibition, 1979The problems described in the excerpt most directly highlighted tension related toA. Race relationsB. IsolationismC. ModernismD. Labor activism
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