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21st Amendment

By mfrank

  • Temperance Movement

    Temperance Movement
    The Women's Christan Temperance Union and the Anti Saloon league were just a couple of groups that have worked to ban alcohol.

  • Prohibiting

    The 18th amendment, prohibiting the manufacturing, sales, or transportation of intoxicating liquor of beverages.

  • 18th Amendment

    18th Amendment was added to the constitution outlawing liquor

  • Volstead act

    Volstead act
    The Volstead Act enforced prohibition. It created a special unit so if they saw stills they destroyed them.

  • Prohibition

    Prohibition failing fully to enforce sobriety and costing billions, rapidly lost support.

  • Blaine Act

    Blaine Act
    This act is where the congress started the process to repeal the 18th amendment.

  • 21st Amendment Ratified

    The government failed to enforce prohibition and was costing millions of dollars. After losing its support, the 21st was ratified.

  • Job Opportunities

    The end of prohibition led to the creation over half of million jobs

  • Dry States

    Even though we it was now legal, many states outlawed alcohol. Mississippi was the last dry state. They ended prohibition in 1966.

  • Kansas

    Kansas didn't allow bars until 1987