All of the sources could be split into three sections over here. Sources that would Agree, disagree or in the middle that the failure of the prohibition was inevitable. Source A agrees with the fact that the failure of the prohibition was inevitable because government introduced prohibition and this destroyed the foundation of America. The government introduced a law which ignored of American desire and daily habits. It says “For no earlier law had gone against the daily custom habits and desires if so many Americans”. The government introduced prohibition to America but they didn’t realise they made a big mistake. It created the biggest criminal boom as they were addicted to alcohol. The citizens of America acted like children’s as when they took away alcohol they tendency for it increased and it created serious criminal boom.
This source A is from an American history book which was published in 1973 and even though this is not a primary source this could be trusted because this is written almost 50 years later so it would not be biased. Source B also agrees to the fact that prohibition was inevitable because even though the government pressurised to make prohibition a success by introducing the first prohibition commissioner and bringing in 1500 agents, they banned alcohol manufacture transportation and sales completely. By the time the Commissioner and the agents started their work the bacteria of alcoholism spreaded the whole America. By 1928 there were more than 30,000 speakeasies in New York itself. With the Power and wealth of Al Capone and the people addiction it was almost impossible to make prohibition a success. Al Capone’s success was the people as he stated “Prohibition is a business and all I do is supply public demand”. Al Capone turned prohibition a business from which he extracted money and most of the government officials were all under the control of Al Capone. Source A and B agrees to the fact that the failure of prohibition was inevitable whereas Source C and D Disagrees with this fact. Source C and D are posters of prohibition as these poster explains the consequences of what could happen to the families and to their own lives once they are under the addiction of alcohol.
