History Coursework- David Whalley
D. Study Sources G and H
Do these two sources prove that prohibition was successful?
I do not think that sources G and H can prove that prohibition was successful. Both sources G and H are charts showing statistics about how successful the police were in enforcing prohibition. Source G shows statistics on how many illegal stills were seized and how many gallons of spirits were seized from the year 1921 to 1929. At first it seems like the prohibition agents were successful in enforcing prohibition with the number of seized stills rising from 9,746 in 1921 to 15,794 in 1929, however this is not enough information because this could also mean a number of other things such as more stills were being made so more were bound to be found. We need to know how many stills there were all together to be able to tell if the prohibition agents were being successful or not. So source G does not really prove anything because it has two possible meanings and it does not comment on if poverty was reduced or how many gangsters were arrested either, two more things that prohibition was meant to do.
D. Study Sources G and H
Do these two sources prove that prohibition was successful?
I do not think that sources G and H can prove that prohibition was successful. Both sources G and H are charts showing statistics about how successful the police were in enforcing prohibition. Source G shows statistics on how many illegal stills were seized and how many gallons of spirits were seized from the year 1921 to 1929. At first it seems like the prohibition agents were successful in enforcing prohibition with the number of seized stills rising from 9,746 in 1921 to 15,794 in 1929, however this is not enough information because this could also mean a number of other things such as more stills were being made so more were bound to be found. We need to know how many stills there were all together to be able to tell if the prohibition agents were being successful or not. So source G does not really prove anything because it has two possible meanings and it does not comment on if poverty was reduced or how many gangsters were arrested either, two more things that prohibition was meant to do.
