• What Does Source 1 Reveal About Gin And Beer Consumption Between 1700-1760?

Introduction In “A History of the World in 6 Glasses” by Tom Standage, the author makes the argument that certain beverages (e.g. beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola) have shaped and affected human history. He states that by examining the processes and lengths at which the drinks were made will allow for an in depth look of certain eras in time. Many factors play a part in the course of history and beverages are an intricate part of that development. The argument that Tom Standage makes in the introduction of the book is a compelling one that although is a unique take on history it is not one that is outlandish.

In Tom Standage’s A History of a World in 6 Glasses(Ch. 1-4) takes on a journey to the past to reveal to us the great roles that beer and wine had on civilization. This book(Ch. 1-4) explores the time of the Stone age to the periods before and after the Roman Empire.

Document J shows a short article written by Mabel Willebrandt that states that people loved it so much that even the people that made the law were breaking it. Alcohol was a very common drink for senators and congressmen. The University of Albany wrote that since you couldn't drink out in the public, people were forced to drink at home. This led to children being heavily influenced by illegal activity such as drinking illegally manufactured alcohol. A letter from Mrs. Hillyer to the authorities showed that people were actually using their money for alcohol instead of their necessities.

Alcohol was immensely important to immigrants that came to the United States from Europe in the 1600’s. A few centuries later, specifically 1917, many Americans believed that alcohol consumption was a problem. An eighteenth amendment was assembled and passed by congress which banned production, transport, and marketing of alcohol. Even a drink consisting of over 1 percent alcohol was considered an alcoholic beverage. America was officially a “dry” country.

This became a big threat to the society which led to more diseases and deaths caused by the consumption of the liquor in large quantities (Lockwood, 1977). By the year 1750, the export of tobacco from the United States increased. In the late 1770, the amount of liquor consumed in the United States increased to about 7.5 million gallons of the rum liquor per year. Nearly, more than 1.7 million people were consuming the rum liquor per year in 1770. In the same year, the amount of rum liquor produced and exported from the United States

In Straight Up or On the Rocks, Grimes dives into how the cocktail is more than a drink consumed on ice in bars, but how America has used it to established its culture and character both on home soil as well as in Europe. His claim that America has given much to the world, and should take pride in the cocktail, flavors the book as we are guided from the very humble beginnings in a colonial tavern to the believed second coming of mixed drinks today, a millennium after their introduction. From the classic martini glass that is now the symbol of late night neon bars everywhere to the speakeasies that kept the booze afloat, Grimes brings about the cocktail as a symbol of pure invention and modernity. Something that reflects our popular culture of the time just as our clothing or music choice.

One big change on the social sphere came from the speakeasies, suburban country clubs and inner-city social clubs (211). Okrent says, “Prohibition changed not only where American’s drank, but who drank as well” (211). This is what Okrent calls the “sexual integration of the drinking culture,” (211) in which women and men drank in the same place at the same time. Women no longer had barriers when it came to drink, as they had in the past. Prohibitionists also fought for universal suffrage, public education and even federal control of interstate commerce, important points to consider that changed the world

In 1919, Congress passed the 18th Amendment which banned the sale and consumption of alcohol in America (Doc B). Prohibitionists overlooked the tenacious American tradition of strong drink and of weak control by the central government. Thus, there was tension between the modernists and the traditionalists. Although the amendment was passed, alcohol was still distributed illegally. Actually, prohibition spawned many crimes, such as illegal sale of alcohol and gang wars.

Prohibition INTRODUCTION In the early 1800s Alcohol was a big part of the American Society. In 1920, prohibition was a nationwide ban on the manufacture, importation, transportation, exportation, distribution and the sale of all alcohol. Alcohol was blamed for many of society's issues, among were health problems, crime and corruption and social problems. Alcohol was blame for large amount of domestic violence.

During the 1920’s alcohol was beginning to be viewed as a problem. Many groups complained about the various effects it had on culture. Women complained that their husbands would get drunk and beat their wife or children. In the business world managers and company owners complained that alcohol was the cause of men coming in late and coming in drunk or hungover which directly affected

Lastly, Protestants thought the culture of drinking conflicted their religious morals. The eighteenth Amendment, which prohibited alcohol, was ratified on January 16th, 1920. An illegal alcohol market rose as a result. “Bathtub gin” was made with stills people bought from hardware stores, and “rumrunners” illegally transported alcohol. In 1924, rumrunners smuggled an estimated $40 million worth of liquor.

enforcing the Prohibition would decrease crime rates. On the contrary, they increased. Franklin D. Roosevelt pledged to the end the Prohibition. Shortly after, in 1923, the 21st Amendment was put into place. The 21st Amendment repealed the ban on alcohol.

Prohibition was a big problem in the 1920s, so big that the people in the U.S. started comparing alcohol to water. “WATER & ALCOHOL ALIKE IN APPEARANCE DIFFERENT IN EFFECT” as well was “WATER: Necessary to Life, Benefits the Body” and “ALCOHOL: Unnecessary to Life, Injures the Body” (Doc 13). The list goes on and on, based off of the polar opposite effects alcohol has on a person's life compared to water, proving that it can only damage the human body and the environment rather than build it up. Many people in the country were opposed to the 18th amendment that supported Prohibition and its use of alcohol to people of all ages.

By enforcing prohibition, the government hoped to decrease the death rate. But, prohibition did the opposite of its intention, it sparked an increase in death rates, both alcohol and non-alcohol influenced. During the preceding time period of prohibition, the rate of deaths from alcohol had begun to decrease, but around 1920 when prohibition was enforced, it suddenly increased again (Document F). This information shows that prohibition, specifically, triggered the death rate to ascend, again. Also, the death rate from alcohol poisoning was soaring during prohibition (IG).

Food today varies in multiple ways. We can choose from the seasonings, to the style in which the meal is prepared. We have a vast variety of food and drinks to choose from depending on what we crave. How did this contrast during the Elizabethan era? As some would argue it is completely different because of the time periods, it does not contrast in much prospect.