Alcohol Being Bad for the People

Alcohol Being Bad for the People

  • Submitted By: B2soin
  • Date Submitted: 02/23/2009 11:37 AM
  • Category: Miscellaneous
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Both source A and source B talk about alcohol being bad for the people and how it should be banned.

Both of the accounts agree about prohibition but one is judgemental and biased and talks about on reason, while that other account is not biased and gives 5 points to prove its point. Source A is the one that is not biased. It agrees about prohibition but also disagrees. Source B on the other hand is biased and only gives one point to prove its point. Both sources are secondary sources. Source A talks about what thing made people want alcohol. It also talks about what happened due to prohibition. Source B talks about alcohol being “the great evil of the time” this proves that source B is with the idea of prohibition. Both of the sources agree that prohibition brought a massive criminal boom. They also agree that the saloons and the war time effort had a great impact on the amount people drink. Before prohibition drinking was a normal routine for men that worked, so when prohibition started it went against “the daily customs, habits, and desires of so many Americans” this meant that so many Americans did not get what they wanted. Both of the sources are from after prohibition this makes them more reliable. Both source A and source B talk about alcohol being bad for the people and how it should be banned.

Both of the accounts agree about prohibition but one is judgemental and biased and talks about on reason, while that other account is not biased and gives 5 points to prove its point. Source A is the one that is not biased. It agrees about prohibition but also disagrees. Source B on the other hand is biased and only gives one point to prove its point. Both sources are secondary sources. Source A talks about what thing made people want alcohol. It also talks about what happened due to prohibition. Source B talks about alcohol being “the great evil of the time” this proves that source B is with the idea of prohibition. Both of the sources agree that...

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