Source related work on Prohibition.

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Both historians in sources A and B most likely got their information from books as these sources where published roughly 50 years after prohibition came into effect.  This means that both sources are 2nd sources not primary sources.  It is very unlikely that both historians got their sources from people at the time of prohibition because they probably would be too old and have short memory of what happened at the time.

There are a few points that both historians agree on.  The main one is that the widespread increase of crime was due to prohibition.  The source A says “it created the greatest criminal boom.”  This contrasts into what source B says “…. turned the avoidance of prohibition into big, violent business.”  They both agree on this because it was a major outcome of the prohibition but B is worded different from the previous source

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.  Another main agreement of these sources is the main pressure groups at the time. The main one’s where ‘Anti-Saloon League’ and ‘Women’s Christian Temperance Union.’  These where largely made up of women as the men were fighting in the War.  These pressure groups campaigned against the making, selling and transporting of alcohol.  This is because many of their husbands probably spent most of their money on alcohol making the families poor.  Children where also being made deprived and women where mainly being beat.

Both historians also agree on the usage of grain.  Grain was used mainly for making ...

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