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=** Essential Question: How do the issues which prompted the creation of the amendments compare with the issues they are applied to today? **=

The **Eighteenth Amendment** (**Amendment** XVIII) of the United States Constitution effectively established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States by declaring illegal the production, transport, and sale of alcohol (though not the consumption or private possession).
 * Prohibition of Liquor**

Passed by Congress December 18, 1917. Ratified January 16, 1919. Repealed by the 21st Amendment, December 5, 1933 @http://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendments/amendment-xviii

===**The 18th amendment was the most interesting and most ridiculous amendment during the 1920’s. Although the 18th amendment may have been ridiculous back in the day, if the amendment was used today it would help the society by reducing crime by about 70%. The United States would have a much cleaner and healthier society because about 300,000 people die each year in the United States by driving while intoxicated. The amendment was originally created to prevent people from getting intoxicated and roweling up fights. The amendment although was a complete failure because gangsters like Al Capone became filthy rich by smuggling and then selling alcohol in the United States.**===
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The 18th amendment was passed because many people in the 1920s would usually almost every night become intoxicated on liquor. By the beginning of the twentieth century, more and more recognized the problems that arose from alcohol consumption. Employers were forced to pay the many liquor related accidents that occurred at work. Alcohol had become so deeply integrated into American society that there were more saloons than schools, libraries, hospitals, theaters, parks or churches. ====== [|EJ1667500200] http://faculty.headroyce.org/~us_history/aguardado/events.html

2.Why did the people disagree to the amendment? (WD) The colonists disagreed to the amendment because they were forced to drink water and milk, but these beverages can become contaminated and spoiled. On the other hand alcoholic beverages didn’t go bad for almost 100 years if sealed and stored in a correct location. The contamination and spoiled beverages forced people to use more money to buy more and more drinks. [|EJ1667500683]

3.What was the reason behind the repeal of the amendment? (WD) The reason that the amendment was repealed is because so many people were being arrested for selling and smuggling alcohol in the United States. The government then decided that the right thing to do was stop the smuggling by, just allowing alcohol into the United States again. [|EJ1667500683]



4.Did the government lose money from the people not being able to buy alcohol? (WD) The government did lose a lot of money from not selling alcohol because, one it was an extremely popular type of beverage, and two people would boycott other beverages. In total the federal government lost up to 11 billion dollars and spent 300 million dollars to enforce Prohibition. []

5.Did bars and businesses go out of money for not selling alcoholic beverages? (WD) Many bars did go out of order due to the prohibition, this caused the people owing the bars to create a new career or work double to gain more money. []

6. Were there many protest and riots against the amendment? (MM) The 18th amendment stirred up a lot of chaos into the United States such as riots and protest and even the smuggling of liquor into the United States. Most of the riots were in the 1910s and 1920s . http://ic.galegroup.com/i c/suic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=SUIC&windowstate=normal&contentModule s=&display-query=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&u=nysl_me_eastches&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&p=SUIC&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE|EJ1667500200

7.When was the 18th amendment created and what did this amendment do? (MM) The eighteenth amendment was passed down to congress on December 18, 1917. The amendment was ratified on January 18, 1919. This amendment made it illegal to buy, sell, trade, or drink alcohol. []

8.Would the amendment be useful in current day? (MM) The amendment could be extremely useful in today's society because about 82% of the crimes committed in the United States is from alcohol and people being intoxicated, which causes them to become unstable and hurt others. On the other hand liquor is one of the most bought items in the United States, so if the federal government were to stop the importation and creation in the United States, the federal government would lose billions of dollars. Since they are losing billions of dollars they turn to the people and raise their tax. Millions of people will become homeless over the loss of money. http://classroom.synonym.com/effect-caused-eighteenth-amendment-us-constitution-10241.html

9.Did the people smuggle alcohol into the United States? (MM) Yes. People smuggled alcohol from Canada and Mexico. These people were called rum runners and they were the ones who smuggled the alcohol. One person who made money from smuggling goods was Al Capone. He made money from illegal trade, selling, and transportation of alcohol.
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10.How was the amendment repealed? (MM) The eighteenth amendment was repealed because a lot of the people in the U.S disagreed greatly about the eighteenth amendment. The twenty first amendment repealed the eighteenth amendment on August 27, 1935. The eighteenth amendment was the only amendment that was repealed. John D. Rockefeller Jr. contributed at least 350,000 dollars and as much as 700,000 dollars to the Anti-saloon league which was a group of people who wanted to repeal the eighteenth amendment. []
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Williams Current Event:

On September first, 2014 a model 2009 mini cooper spun of the road and impacted into a tree. There were four people in the care at the time, two of these teenagers died in the crash both being "ejected" out of the car due to not wearing a seat belt. The teenager driving the car was 17, he and his friends were in fact intoxicated and were driving about 20mph over the speed limit. The driver of the car was charged vehicular homicides, for "killing" 17- year-old Beau Begier and 18-year-old Ryan Pappas. The other teen in the car was fortunately wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash and suffered serious injuries and was rushed to the hospital. In the hospital he was then hospitalized and stable and managed to survive the crash all do to liquor intoxication. http://kdvr.com/2014/09/01/high-school-students-dead-in-suspected-dui-crash-near-colorado-springs/

Masaki's current event:

When people drink and drive, there is a high chance that you will get caught by a police. It was proven that drunk driving is the 5th reason for car accidents. Also when people drink and drive, there is a 900% chance of a car accident.

The article i chose claimed that Michael Phelps was going 84 miles on a 45 mile speed limit road. He was stopped for speeding and crossing the double yellow line while driving in the Fort McHenry Tunnel. When the officer looked at him, he was talking mush-mouthed and his eyes were red and bloodshot. The officer said that he smelled alcohol in the car and from Phelps mouth. Also the officer saw that Phelps was disoriented and he argued with the officer a lot. On his blood alcohol test, the limit is 0.8 percent but Phelps almost doubled it with a 0.14 percent. Phelps was suspended from swimming for 3 months and was jailed 1 year. []

Fun Facts:

1. 227 gangsters were killed in the space of four years in the 1920s in Chicago fighting over alcohol. (WD) 2. It was estimated that Al Capone Chicago’s most famous gangster, bootlegger and crime boss, raked in $60 million alone on alcohol sales in 1927. (WD) 3. There was a Simpson’s episode about the prohibition called “Homer vs. Eighteenth amendment” Which was an episode when the prohibition got enforced in Springtown. (MM) 4. Maryland was the only state that did not prohibit alcohol.(MM) 5. Bootlegging is when people transport alcohol illegally. (MM) 6. Beer was easier to produce, because it could be brewed and ready to drink after only a few days. Since hard liquors required aging, gangsters and bootleggers would have to acquire it from outside the country – from Canada, through Detroit. (WD)