21th Amendment | What is the Twenty-First Amendment?
The Twenty-First Amendment in the Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment and ended prohibition
Read the Additional AmendmentsTwenty-First Amendment
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 The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.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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Analyze questions about how the power of the federal government changed from the 18th Amendment to the 21st Amendment
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