Shelby Frederick-Gilfillian 5 campion
Were the artists of these two posters for or against Prohibition? Q (c)
The two posters in question are focusing on the reasons why alcohol has been banned in some states later leading to the national campaign for prohibition. Both posters have similarities and differences and the only way to correctly answer the question is by comparing and contrasting the different features of the posters.
Both posters were published before WW1, before the constitution of the 18th Amendment. This proves that they are both primary sources. This means that they were both published at a time where it was possible that the publishers were pressure groups that were for prohibition or could have been influenced by pressure groups or propaganda from the government who were also for prohibition. Parties who were for prohibition wrote both of the sources. Both sources show their objections of alcohol through the moral argument.