1. Prohibition

2. Prohibition began in 1920
Many reformers in the US saw alcohol as a serious problem and blamed it for a variety of evils
Crime
Spousal and child abuse
Workplace accidents
Rural religious groups, especially among protestants, pushed for prohibition

3. Prohibition Sources
Guiding Question: What were the consequences of Prohibition?
Complete the following steps for each of the assigned sources
Step 1: Highlight/underline and summarize the source
Step 2: Identify and summarize the bias of the source
Step 3: Contextualize the source
Is there anything in this source that explains better something that you already knew or had heard about?
Is there anything in this source that disagrees with something you already knew or had heard about?
What questions does this source raise that are connected with the guiding question?
Step 4: Subtext
Subtext is information that you get from the source that the author did not intend to convey

4. Prohibition Sources
Guiding Question: What were the consequences of Prohibition?
Pick which three of these sources would be the most useful for answering the guiding question and explain why you chose the ones that you did.