Amendment XXI (21)

Amendment XXI

Ratified December 5, 1933.

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     The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.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.


     The twenty-first amendment repealed the eighteenth amendment that had mandated the prohibition on alcohol. This amendment is the only one of the twenty-seven amendments to repeal a previous amendment. Many Americans began to oppose the eighteenth amendment and began a political movement in order to try and get it repealed. Crime rates rose intensely, many ignored prohibition and had very little respect for the law. Franklin Roosevelt campaigned for the repeal because of the tax revenue. This amendment was also the only one that was ratified by state conventions rather than by the state legislatures. The aim of this amendment is to maintain an effective and uniform system for controlling liquor by regulating its transportation, importation, and use.

     This picture shows how happy this person is that the eighteenth amendment has been repealed and reflects on the days before the eighteenth amendment was passed. The passing of the twenty-first amendment vanquished the anger that people were holding due to the eighteenth amendment.



     This is an invitation that was created for the 75th anniversary of the repeal of prohibition. This shows that people wanted to get rid of the eighteenth amendment so badly that they hold a ball in favor of the anniversary of the day that the eighteenth amendment was finally appealed.