The 21st Amendment was passed by 40 states. Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. http://constitution.laws.com/21st-amendment
The 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment and re-legalized the sale, possession, transportation, and consumption of alcoholic beverages. The 21st Amendment also allows individual states to control the sale alcoholic beverages. In addition it instituted the use of a liquor licence. http://constitution.laws.com/21st-amendment
How does it affect us today?
As of 2011, the 21st Amendment is the only amendment to remove another previous amendment, the 18th Amendment. In addition it instituted the use of a liquor licence. http://constitution.laws.com/21st-amendment
Why was it proposed?
Prohibition failed to stop drinking and cost billions of dollars, not many people believed it was working. And in 1933, the 21st Amendment passed, ending Prohibition. Even after removing the 18th Amendment, via the 21st Amendment, some states continued Prohibition. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/prohibition-ends
Does the 21st Amendment make prohibition unconstitutional?
NO. Just because it repealed the 18th Amendment does not mean that prohibition was unconstitutional
Does the 21st Amendment give states the power to regulate the sale or advertising of alcoholic beverages in ways that they could not for other articles of commerce? Yes . It makes it a state matter (in fact, it affirms state regulation, by banning the import of alcohol into a state in violation of state laws).By securing the ratification of the 21st Amendment, it established the power of states to regulate the importation and possession of intoxicating liquors within their own borders.
Why was Prohibition a disaster?
Prohibition was a disaster because it lead to more organized crime as well as poisoning from crudely distilled alcohol. People still bought alcohol that was sold illegally. Also, the government did not receive any taxes from the sale of illegal alcohol. and thus lost that revenue.
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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?
When was the 21st Amendment passed?
The 21st Amendment was proposed on February 20th, 1933 and was finally passed on December 5th, 1933 ending Prohibition.
http://constitution.laws.com/21st-amendment
What states passed the 21st Amendment?
The 21st Amendment was passed by 40 states. Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
http://constitution.laws.com/21st-amendment
Which states rejected the 21st Amendment?
Two states, North and South Carolina, rejected the 21st amendment. And Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, North and South Dakota did not participate in the ratification of the 21st Amendment.
http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2014/12/five-interesting-facts-about-prohibition’s-end-in-1933/
http://constitution.laws.com/21st-amendment
Who was president at the time?
The president at the time that the 21st Amendment was passed was Franklin D. Roosevelt the 32nd President of the United States.
http://constitution.laws.com/21st-amendment
What did the 21st Amendment accomplish?
The 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment and re-legalized the sale, possession, transportation, and consumption of alcoholic beverages. The 21st Amendment also allows individual states to control the sale alcoholic beverages. In addition it instituted the use of a liquor licence.
http://constitution.laws.com/21st-amendment
How does it affect us today?
As of 2011, the 21st Amendment is the only amendment to remove another previous amendment, the 18th Amendment. In addition it instituted the use of a liquor licence.
http://constitution.laws.com/21st-amendment
Why was it proposed?
Prohibition failed to stop drinking and cost billions of dollars, not many people believed it was working. And in 1933, the 21st Amendment passed, ending Prohibition. Even after removing the 18th Amendment, via the 21st Amendment, some states continued Prohibition.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/prohibition-ends
Does the 21st Amendment make prohibition unconstitutional?
NO. Just because it repealed the 18th Amendment does not mean that prohibition was unconstitutional
Does the 21st Amendment give states the power to regulate the sale or advertising of alcoholic beverages in ways that they could not for other articles of commerce?
Yes . It makes it a state matter (in fact, it affirms state regulation, by banning the import of alcohol into a state in violation of state laws).By securing the ratification of the 21st Amendment, it established the power of states to regulate the importation and possession of intoxicating liquors within their own borders.
Why was Prohibition a disaster?
Prohibition was a disaster because it lead to more organized crime as well as poisoning from crudely distilled alcohol. People still bought alcohol that was sold illegally. Also, the government did not receive any taxes from the sale of illegal alcohol. and thus lost that revenue.
Fun facts
It was never illegal to drink during Prohibition. The 18th Amendment and the Volstead Act, the legal measure that included the instructions for enforcing Prohibition, never barred the consumption of alcohol–just making it, selling it, and shipping it for mass production (and consumption).
http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2014/12/five-interesting-facts-about-prohibition’s-end-in-1933/
One state didn’t end its version of Prohibition until 1966. Mississippi decided the keep its Prohibition laws for another three decades. As of 2004, half of Mississippi’s counties were dry. Currently, 17 states don’t allow any of their counties to be dry.
http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2014/12/five-interesting-facts-about-prohibition’s-end-in-1933/