THE 21ST AMENDMENT

THE BASICS

• 21st Amendment makes alcohol legal
• Section 1 " herby repealed"
• Section 2 "transportation, use, and possession
• Prohibited

THE FACTS

• Civil War
• Passed February 20th, 1933
• Ratified December 5,1933
• Women's Crudade
• The Problem

ADVANTAGES

• Focused on slavery
• Put limits on drinking
• Lifted strictness

DISADVANTAGES

• Northern and Southern States
• Civil War
• America in Debt
• Put tax on alcohol

CRAIG VS. BOREN

• Who could drink
• Males and Females
• Oklahoma; Beer
• Men 21, Women 18
• Women Lost

TO CONCLUDE

• Anyone can drink, 21
• Tax on alcohol
• Dry towns
• No law banning Alcohol

FUN FACTS

• Only amendment to change another
• 2 states rejected; Carolina's
• Mississippi didn't pass until 1966
• No making, selling or shipping
• Never Illegal to drink