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The Twenty-First Amendment (21) repealed the Eighteenth Amendment (18) in 1933.
The National Prohibition Act (popularly called the Volstead Act) of 1919 provided for enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment, but was not part of the Amendment itself.
AMENDMENT 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The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.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.
AMENDMENT XVIII
Section 1.
After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.
Section 2.
The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Section 3.
This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of 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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The repeal of Prohibition through ratification of the 21st Amendment was unusual in that ratification in that instance was?
The repeal of the 21st amendment was unusual because it repealed a previous amendment. The 21st amendment voided the 18th amendment which outlawed alcohol.
What amendment states The eighteenth amendment is repealed?
Yes, I would. End of Prohibition, 5 Dec 1933. Repeal was supported by the majority of Americans.
Who proposed amendment twenty one?
Senator John J. Blaine, (R) Wisconsin sponsored the 21st Amendment to the US Constitution to repeal the 18th Amendment (commonly referred to as prohibition).
What amendment did away with prohibition?
The 21st amendment repealed the 18th amendment ending prohibition.
What amendment repeals another amendment?
The 18th Amendment (dealing with prohibition) was repealed by the 21st Amendment because of its lack of usefulness. People were still drinking, but the government couldn't benefit from this at all (taxes, anyone?) and so they eventually decided that it was better to just keep drinking alcohol legal but put more restrictions on it.
Which amendment repealed another amendment?
The 21st amendment, which is the repeal of prohibition, repealed the 18th amendment which was about prohibition.
What was the intent of the 18th amendment?
to repeal prohibition
What amendment is the repeal of prohibition in?
The 21st Amendment (XXI) in 1933 repealed Prohibition, which had been previously instituted by the 18th Amendment (XVIII), ratified in 1919.
The repeal of Prohibition through ratification of the 21st Amendment was unusual in that ratification in that instance was?
The repeal of the 21st amendment was unusual because it repealed a previous amendment. The 21st amendment voided the 18th amendment which outlawed alcohol.
What did the repeal of the 18th amendment allow?
Repeal of National Prohibition in the US allowed individual states whether to have state-wide prohibition or to permit "local option" whereby counties and other political jurisdictions could decide for themselves whether or not to have local prohibition.
Why did amendment 21 repeal amendment18?
The 18th amendment banned alcohol and started prohibition. Instead of repealing 18th amenment, the 21st amendment was passed.
What were the purposes of the 20th and 21st amendments?
The purpose of the 20th amendment was to deal with the repeal of prohibition and the 21st amendment focused on limits on presidential terms.
Repeal of the 18th amendment allowed?
Repeal of National Prohibition in the US allowed individual states whether to have state-wide prohibition or to permit "local option" whereby counties and other political jurisdictions could decide for themselves whether or not to have local prohibition.
What amendment states The eighteenth amendment is repealed?
Yes, I would. End of Prohibition, 5 Dec 1933. Repeal was supported by the majority of Americans.
Who proposed amendment twenty one?
Senator John J. Blaine, (R) Wisconsin sponsored the 21st Amendment to the US Constitution to repeal the 18th Amendment (commonly referred to as prohibition).
What occurred as a result of prohibition?
During prohibition, the consumption of alcohol continued underground, giving rise to illegal speakeasies, bootlegging, and organized crime. Eventually, the negative consequences of prohibition led to its repeal in 1933 with the 21st Amendment.
What is a repealed?
The Repeal of Prohibition in the United States was accomplished with the passage of the Twenty-First Amendment to the United States Constitution on December 5, 1933.
