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To: PROCON

The Twenty-first Amendment (Amendment XXI) to the United States Constitution
repealed the Eighteenth Amendment (Amendment XVIII) to the United States Constitution,
which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol on January 17, 1920.
The Twenty-first Amendment was ratified on December 5, 1933.


22 posted on 03/19/2015 8:29:17 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy, and he is us.)
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To: Repeal The 17th

Was the 18th repealed by Congress or did it take a majority of states to pass it?


27 posted on 03/19/2015 8:32:35 PM PDT by PROCON (Always Give 100% --- Unless you're donating blood.)
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