THE FAILURE OF PROHIBITION

The failure of prohibition

In 1933 the prohibition laws were cancelled. Source A is written by the president of the American federation of labour, Samuel Gamper who is addressing the senate committee inquiry into prohibition. This tells us a, few things already. Firstly it shows that a committee had been set up to inquire about prohibition showing that already, even in 1929, when this speech was made, people were wondering whether prohibition was a good idea. The fact that Gamper was able to speak to the committee shows that the committee was aware that there was a problem and so were willing to listen to people’s points of views. The fact that the speech was made so early, just after prohibition was introduce shows that right from the start, it was obvious that prohibition was going to an had already caused some problems. The speech itself claims that not allowing Americ...