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290 PART 3 REVOLUTION AND REPUBLICAN CULTURE, 1754%u20131800Let us next turn our eyes from the effects of spirits upon health and life, to their effects upon property; and here fresh scenes of misery open to our view. Among the inhabitants of cities they produce debts, disgrace and bankruptcy. Among farmers, they produce idleness, with its usual consequences, such as houses without windows, barns without roofs, gardens without enclosures, fields without fences, hogs without yokes, sheep without wool, meagre cattle, feeble horses, and half clad, dirty children, without principles, morals, or manners.Question to Consider: What argument regarding alcohol consumption is made by the pamphlet?Analyzing Historical Evidence: Who was the likely intended audience of the source, and how does that intention impact how the pamphlet is written?DOING HISTORY1. AP%u00ae Contextualization: Benjamin Rush (Document 7) wrote at a time when rates of alcohol consumption were more than double modern levels. How do his concerns shed a different light on the other sources in this feature? What do the sources collectively tell us about the commercialization of spirits like rum and whiskey?2. AP%u00ae Making Connections: How did the Whiskey Rebellion represent a challenge in the creation of the new American government after the Constitution was written?3. AP%u00ae Developments and Processes: Define prohibition and discuss its popularity during this period of American history.4. AP%u00ae Sourcing and Situation: Who is the intended audience for an advertisement like James Newport%u2019s (Document 1)?5. AP%u00ae DBQ Practice: Evaluate the role of alcohol production and consumption in postRevolutionary America during the period 1790%u20131815.%u00a9 Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers. For review purposes only. Do not distribute.