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States is hereby repealed.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.
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Discussion Questions:
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?