Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution

The 18th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which banned alcoholic beverages. This happened in a period of time in American history known as Prohibition. The result of a worldwide temperance movement during the first ten years of the 20th century. Prohibition was difficult to make happen but people pushed for it until it was passed. Bootlegging is known as the illegal production or selling of alcohol. Speakeasies are illegal hangouts where mostly men go to drink. The increase in…

in the distilling of liquor fell under this tax. In protest, farmers in Pennsylvania attacked federal tax collectors forcing President Washington to send 13,000 troops to stifle the uprising (1791). Moving on before the arrival of troops, America’s first moonshiners at the “Whiskey Rebellion” showed the signs of a nation split between an industry of legally distilled alcohol and a new black market of illegal moonshine (Watman 31). These rebels relocated to the wild areas in Kentucky, the slopes…

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, created in response to the atrocities committed during World War II, recognizes the unalienable human right to freedom of speech and expression. Over one hundred and fifty years earlier, the First Amendment to the United States Constitution declared, “[c]ongress shall make no law […] abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press”, thus guaranteeing the right to speak freely without government interference (Congress). In…

carelessly without any worries or responsibilities. Liquor flowed into major cities in quantities greater than ever before, enticing the wealthy to continue their reckless behavior. Although the original purpose of the Eighteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution was to stop drunkenness and to promote wellness to limit health issues, the public still deemed it socially acceptable to continue to consume. In reality, prohibition increased the demand for alcohol. Issues such…

detailed account of an era where the United States learned that one really does not appreciate what they have until it is gone. Alcohol was always the American pastime, since before the revolution. Behr vividly describes from the time where America was in its beginnings and alcohol was used for medicinal purposes, then when aversion began to grow against “intoxicating beverages”, and finally to that fateful night on January 16th, 1920, when the United States went dry. Of course, thirteen…

unreasonable not to. Using the written and spoken language, this world constantly changes and learns and will continue to as long as everyone’s voices are heard. According to the article “Arts and First Amendment: Parody and Satire”, an excerpt explains how law defends forms of expression; it says, “ The First Amendment protects satire and parody as a form of free speech and expression” (Kyonzte Hughes; line 10). Being that this world is full of diversity, there will always be new opinions and…

Obscenity is defined in Media Essentials: A Brief Introduction as a form of expression not protected by the first amendment. The reason for not protecting it is due to its inappropriate information. This information could harm or upset its audience in anyway and this must be avoided. However, where the line should be drawn is not always clear, how much protection does the first amendment give us? What is too much protection and can it go too far? This argument has occurred in two cases: The New…

With the anomaly of a particular few states, the rights of private property have overridden the first amendment rights of people within shopping centers. The original purpose of these “civic centers” was to perfect the downtown environment. If one is to go these downtown centers, the right to publicly protest and exert ones…

It has been found that members of the Republican Party support the passing of an amendment that bans desecration of the flag much more than Democratic do (Carroll). In the poll done by USA Today, it found that when random citizens were asked whether they favored or opposed the idea to let the government make it illegal to burn the flag…

heard of their plan and quickly made a policy to state that those would not be allowed due to being deemed a distraction to the classrooms. This obviously did not sit well with the two students, as well as a few others involved such as Tinker’s sister,…