Amendment Eighteen and It's Meaning

Amendment Eighteen:

"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."


Amendment 18 is all about the use of alcohol being banned and deemed illegal; whether that be selling, buying, drinking, or whatever else one may do with it. This amendment is the only amendment that has been repealed (thankfully). Obviously this amendment was a failure because a lot of Americans still sold and drank alcohol.
Section 1 of this amendment states that each state has a year to okay the amendment and after that year, the selling and drinking if liquor is prohibited and illegal.
Section 2 of this amendment states that Congress can do whatever needs to be done to enforce it, such as making laws regarding it.
Section 3 states that it has to be ratifies by the states in seven years for it to be invalid.

I DO NOT like this amendment; although I do agree alcohol can lead to many poor and unwanted behaviors that can lead to negative outcomes.

This video goes into the details of the problems of the prohibition amendment. It shows that the American people really did not care, and continued to indulge in the fun activities associated with liquor, along with the illegal selling. It is a pretty funny video I would say, and I enjoyed it for sure. It even goes to claim that the use of alcohol was more prominent in this era than before it was prohibited.

I retrieved this picture from: https://www.haikudeck.com/amendment-18-project--education-presentation-cMRQDBhsX3
Okay, now this is just funny. I totally agree with these ladies (maybe some men). I am also a little confused where the men are because it was prominently women who wanted alcohol use to be illegal. This picture just demonstrates how the 18th amendment was not liked AT ALL.