Friday, May 2, 2014

The Twenty First Amendment

"Section 1. 
The eighteenth article of amendment of the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.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."


This amendment repealed the eighteenth amendment because it was overall a bad idea.  The only real people that benefited from the eighteenth amendment was organized crime.  Franklin D. Roosevelt was the one that campaigned for the repeal during the Depression because he wanted to boost the economy and have Tax Revenues.  


This image just shows how excited that people were that the prohibition era had ended, and that people continue to "celebrate" the anniversary of this amendment.  


This image also shows how happy people were to get their alcohol back, and not only was it a happy time for them but a happy time for the boosting of the economy and to get back on our feet from the Great Depression.  

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