Prohibition in the United States - source related study.

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Bethany Peck 17th November 2002

Prohibition Coursework

1. Evaluation of source for its utility

How useful is Source A as evidence for studying the Spread of Prohibition in the United States?

To some extent Source A is very useful when studying the spread of prohibition through America. It does show us the spread of prohibition through the eastern states and manages to put each of them into one of three categories. However the source is not detailed enough to give us all the information we need to study and understand the spread of prohibition through the states.

Firstly, the key does not inform us what the white gaps are, they are all different states yet we are not told which ones they are, or the state of prohibition in these places. We can only assume there was no data available for these places, or there was simply no prohibition in these places. This means not only are there many gaps in the eastern side of the country, there is no information from the west. Because it is so unclear we cannot fully examine the spread of prohibition through the United States of America, as we