It varied by state and time.
Not really. During National Prohibition, the minimum drinking age was essentially zero.
The minimum drinking age in Pennsylvania was 21 in 1973. The minimum drinking age in Pennsylvania has been 21 ever since the end of prohibition.
After the end of Prohibition in 1933, the legal drinking age in the United States varied by state. Many states initially set the drinking age at 21, but some states had lower ages. In 1984, the National Minimum Drinking Age Act was passed, which required all states to raise the minimum legal drinking age to 21 or face a reduction in federal highway funds.
The minimum drinking age in New York was 18 in 1966. After the end of prohibition the minimum drinking age in New York was 18. New York State raised its minimum drinking age from 18 to 19 years in 1982 and raised it from 19 to 21 years on December 1, 1985.
After the end of prohibition the minimum drinking age in New York was 18. New York State raised its minimum drinking age from 18 to 19 years in 1982 and raised it from 19 to 21 years on December 1, 1985. The drinking age in New York will not increase to 25.
It repealed prohibition and turned the legal drinking age from 100% illigal reguardless of age to 21 our current legal age
After the end of prohibition the minimum drinking age in New York was 18. New York State raised its minimum drinking age from 18 to 19 years in 1982 and raised it from 19 to 21 years on December 1, 1985.
From the end of Prohibition to 1973 drinking age in Florida was 21. It was lowered to 18 in 1973, then raised to 19 in 1980 and then raised back to 21 in 1985. So to answer your question drinking age in 1980 was 19 years old!
Prohibition.
before prohibition men were drinking in saloons
No. Prohibition tried to prohibit drinking in the cities, but they found ways around it to sneak it into the cites.
It was called "prohibition".