Prohibition coursework 3

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Mustafa Ali

                         History coursework- 2c Study sources E + F.

                     Which of These Two Sources is the More Reliable

                                   As Evidence About Prohibition?

    Source E and F are both personal accounts. Source E is a letter written by John D. Rockefeller and Source F is a speech which was held by the first Prohibition agent named John F. Kramer.

  Source E, which is a letter written by the industrialist, John D. Rockefeller, talks about the causes of Prohibition, was written 1 year before Prohibition was stopped. It talks about how one day he hopes that the evil’s of Prohibition would prevail.

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  Instead he goes on to talk about the fact that drinking has generally increased. He uses many catchphrases such as ‘the speakeasy has replaced the saloon’, ‘a vast army of lawbreakers has appeared’.

   Source E was written 1 year before Prohibition was stopped so, Rockefeller had hindsight on the situation. Therefore, he knows what Prohibition caused and how ‘successful’ it was.

     Another point which we should take into consideration is the fact that he was an industrialist. He would’ve agreed with Prohibition because he would’ve thought that drinking is the cause of the workers lack of ...

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