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Prohibition and Its Failure
Based on Sources
Sources A and B give both similar and different reasons when
discussing why Prohibition was introduced as law in America in the
1920s. At first glance of both sources it appears they agree in more
ways about the reasons for prohibition, than disagree.
To begin with, both agree completely that alcohol is a bad thing and
therefore hold that as one reason for it's banning. The suggestion
that alcohol is negative is shown in Source A when 'the bad influence
of saloons' is given as an explanation, and likewise in Source B when
alcohol is described as 'one of the greatest evils of all times'.
Another example of the sources strong agreement regarding some of the
reasons for prohibition is the need to preserve grain for food. Source
A presents this when it puts forward the reason, 'wartime concern for
preserving grain for food', and source B further agrees with this,
'pressure to bear on Congress to ban the use of grain for either
distilling or brewing. Additionally, these two sources agree about
prohibition in that they both suggest pro-prohibition unions, such as
the Women's Christian Temperance Union' had an effect on the
introduction of prohibition. This is stated in Source A, 'the
influence of the Anti-Saloon League', as it is in Source B,
'Organisations such as the Women's Christian Temperance Union had
joined in a crusade against on of the great evils of the
times-alcoholism and reinstated later on in the source, 'In 1917 a
nation-wide campaign, led by the Anti-Saloon League brought pressure
to bear on Congress…' Lastly, it can be argued that they both firmly
agree once more in that they both suggest women were the main
contributors to protesting against alcohol, and therefore for
prohibition. Source A implies...
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