Document C by Lizbeth Nestor

during prohibition days, what was the significance of the 3 mile limit?

442360_1 — 2025-01-23 20:23:05 UTC

during prohibition the 3 mile limit market the boundary of u.s jurisdiction off the coastline.beyond this limit, or " rum-runners," used this to their advantage by anchoring just beyond the boundary and transporting alcohol to shore is the small boat making 3 mile limit signification in the illegal alcohol trade.

What is the main idea of paragraph 2 ?

4219002 — 2025-01-23 20:31:57 UTC

The main idea of this paragraph is saying that during prohibition, some moonshiners were bold and clever in their operations. They managed to run a still next to a police station and hide it.

how many federal prohibition agents were there when this document was created in 1923?

422362_2 — 2025-01-24 18:00:30 UTC

During the prohibition era which lasted a while, in 1923 there were around 3,000 to 5,000 agents to try to enforce the band of alcohol which they were responsible.

How does document C help answer the question: Prohibition: why did America change its mind

4219002 — 2025-01-24 18:01:17 UTC

Document C helps answer the question "Why did America change its mind" because it gives evidence that it caused a lot of problems. Like for example it would explain how people would hide their alcohol and how sneaky they were when they would commit the crimes. This can cause America to change its mind about prohibition to have less problems with people

Summary

4219002 — 2025-01-24 18:08:32 UTC

Overall what this document is telling us that during the prohibition era federal prohibition agents enforced the ban of alcohol under the Volstead act. There was a large amount of number of people that continued to consume alcohol illegally even after the ban of alcohol.

How does Document C help answer the question :Prohibition :Why did America change its mind?

428914_3 — 2025-02-06 20:30:36 UTC

States that there were only 3,000 through 3,500 federal prohibition agents,There were too many bad people to stop not only between the 3 mile radius limit but it also took a lot to keep Prohibition in other.

What evidence is there that smuggling of alcohol into the United States was large in scale?

428914_3 — 2025-02-06 22:34:42 UTC

During the Prohibition era in the United States, evidence of large scale alcohol smuggling included: the widespread presence of rum rows with numerous ships stationed just outside U.S. territorial waters, particularly off the coasts of New York and New Jersey, where they would transfer liquor to smaller boats for delivery to shore; the significant rise in organized crime syndicates like Al Capone's outfit, who heavily relied on smuggling operations to distribute alcohol reports of large quantities of liquor being seized by the Coast Guard from smugglers and the notorious rum running operations along the Canadian border, where the proximity and ease of transport facilitated significant alcohol smuggling.