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Amendment 21

Repeal of Amendment 18

 

 

Article [XXI.]
Section 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.

Section 2. The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.

Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.

Proposal and Ratification

 

Vocabulary:

 

 

Try the Amendment 21 - 27 Vocabulary Quiz

Rewrite Amendment in your own words in the space below. Print it out and give it to your instructor or teacher or copy and paste it into an e-mail to send him/her.

Discussion Questions:

 

  1. Was the 18th amendment put into place to quickly - could the problems with alcoholic beverages been handled differently or should the 18th amendment stayed in place and even been expanded to include other intoxicants?

 

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