Prohibition. Source A believes that it was "the influence of the Anti-saloon league" and source B believes that prohibition was "led by the league". Both sources are of the opinion that prohibition led to an increase in crime. This is shown in source A, "

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Both of the two sources agree about prohibition. Source A believes that it was "the influence of the Anti-saloon league" and source B believes that prohibition was
"led by the league". Both sources are of the opinion that prohibition led to an increase in crime. This is shown in source A, "it created the greatest criminal boom in American history"
and it is implied in source B "gangsters like Dutch Schulz and Al Capone had turned the avoidance of prohibition into big, violent business". Also, they both agree that most of the American public are craving for alcohol and want a constant supply of it. Source A tells
us that prohibition goes "against the daily customs, habits and
desires of so many Americans" and source B talks about Al Capone plans to "Supply a public demand".

The two sources disagree on the causes that started
prohibition. Source A gives the idea that the law was passed
because of negative feelings towards German-Americans (they were
important for brewing). And also the "most
important" reason was to "make the world safe for democracy". Source B gives the impression that the law was passed in an
attempt to overcome "one of the greatest evils of all time -
alcoholism".

Were the artists of these two posters for or against prohibition? 
I think that posters C and D are for prohibition.
Both posters show the men wasting all their money on alcohol in
saloons, rather than spending it on their families. In source C you can see a man
handing over a bag of money. It is clear that the author’s want to show that families are very important, which is why they feel prohibition is a good thing. For example, In the bottom corner of source C, it shows one man’s
family made poor from the saloons, there’s the man’s wife, lying on the table with nothing
and looking very depressed. They have no
choice but to watch their money go down the drain. Also in source D, it shows a poor woman and child looking into the saloon
where their father is knowing they can never have the clothes or food
they require because the expenses of alcohol.

This is why I think that some artists are against
prohibition. Prohibition made speakeasies which were more
expensive than normal saloons and would therefore make people poor. Both of the posters were directly aimed at families,
both authors would both have been against this.

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In conclusion, I think that before prohibition was introduced, the
artists would have thought of it as a good thing. But during the
thirteen crime-filled years of prohibition, I feel they would have
changed their minds!

Which of these two sources is the more reliable as evidence about
prohibition?
 
Both sources are reliable for different reasons. I think that source E is more reliable than
source F, because source E was actually written by John D. Rockfellar (a
wealthy industrialist.) He had been through twelve years of prohibition
because the letter was written in 1932. Source F was written right at ...

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