The Twenty-first Amendment

Amendment XXI

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 The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.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

This Amendment repealed the Eighteenth Amendment, putting an end to prohibition in the United States.

Budweiser Prohibition Repeal Announcement

Comment:

After the Eighteenth Amendment got repealed, many people in the US celebrated what it is know as the end of prohibition. This video shows us how one of the biggest and most important beer companies in the US Budweiser sent a press message celebrating the end of prohibition. They also state that thanks to this Amendment many men went back to work improving the economic situation in the United States.

Prohibition Ended!



Comment:

This video is also a celebration toward the end of prohibition. They also say that with this new era more men will be back to work improving the economy. No more military busting the barrels of rum, the night clubs re-opened, the bars were opened and everybody who wanted to drink could do it right away.