Study sources G and H. Do these sources prove that prohibition was successful?

Study Sources G and H. Do these two sources prove Prohibition was successful?

Source G shows an increase in the number of arrests and in the amount
of alcohol seized. This shows that there were more crimes. The Federal
Government was struggling to seize all of the alcohol because there was a lot of alcohol to seize. The statistics in Source G shows that in 1921, 9,746 illegal stills
were seized by the Federal Government, which increased to 15,794 in
1929. Gallons of spirits seized by government increased from 414,000
in 1921 to 11,860,000 1929. This would mean that if there are a lot more Illegal stills being seized there would be even more illegal stills that are being produced.
The reason for prohibition being introduced was to reduce the production
of alcohol on large scale and stop alcohol being sold completely in the US, However Source G shows that instead of alcohol sales stopping and alcohol manufacturing coming to a halt it has had a negative effect. As even though more and more illegal stills and
gallons of spirit were seized, there would be probably be being even more alcohol being produced, showing that there was more alcohol being made then before.
Therefore Source G proves that Prohibition was not successful and was a complete failure because it shows an increase in illegal stills and gallons of spirit seized which
means increase in production.

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The statistics in Source H shows an
increase in the numbers of arrests for drinking related offences in
1920-25. This shows that the introduction of Prohibition has increased
as the number of drunken people had increased from 14,313 in 1902 to 51,361 in 1925. This
is more evidence to show that prohibition was not successful. Source H also proves that
the number of drunk drivers have risen from 0 in 1920 to 820 in 1925.
But from source H we can also see that drunk and disorderly conduct
was brought down from 6097 in 1920 to 5522 in 1925 this shows that in some areas Prohibition had an effect but a very minimal effect. However the data may not be that accurate due to the figures being taken only from one city in the US. Each city ranged with the amount of alcohol being sold there. Some cities may have had a lot of alcohol being sold whereas other cities may not have many alcohols being sold. This is because there were some cities which were more religious then others. So the cites which were more religious had not much alcohol being sold due to alcohol being banned in religions. Whereas cities which weren’t religious there would be more alcohol being sold.

The statistics shows that since the introduction of the Prohibition
the rate of crime had increased rapidly. However many people may not agree with the results as they were taken from only one city in America which was Philadelphia. Many people may say that the results maybe biased because Philadelphia was not a very religious country so there would be a lot more alcohol being sold there. Overall these statistics show inaccurate results, and sources seem unreliable, because it does not
tell us about the last few years of Prohibition and source H shows
only shows the statistics of “Philadelphia” so we don’t get any
information about the rest of the corruption around America. The
corruption during the time of Prohibition also hides the full story.
Therefore both sources prove that Prohibition was unsuccessful.

Study sources G and H. Do these sources prove that prohibition was successful?

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