Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Among many people who supported prohibition, women played a huge part in having the amendment passed. “Women supported prohibition, as it was believed to prevent abuse at home, and maintain a generally civilized lifestyle” (Liana Bernt, prohibition in America) Alcohol was believed to be causing men to commit awful things like spousal abuse…

ratified. On January 29,1919, the 18th Amendment was passed for prohibition to be put into effect. The movement for prohibition started when some Americans were worried about the consequences of drinking. Soon, these throngs of people moved up in politics and had a powerful political position. They campaigned and called for the national banishment of alcohol. Unfortunately, prohibition quickly lost the people’s support in the early 1930’s, and in 1933 the 21st Amendment was passed and annulled…

The United States of American turned to prohibition, the action of forbidding something, especially by law, in the 1920s to protect the nation, bring people closer, and to create more productive residents. The people of America figured it was a good idea to ban alcohol because it would cause distress to families and break them apart, it also did not promote social stability and many businesses would fall behind. Additionally, during this time World War 1 was taking place and this war gave the…

In 1917, President Woodrow Wilson instituted a temporary wartime prohibition. That same year, Congress submitted the 18th Amendment, It received the support of the necessary three-quarters of U.S. states in just 11 months. The 18th amendment was ratified on January 29, 1919, it went into effect a year later, by then no fewer than 33 states had already enacted their own prohibition legislation. In October 1919, Congress passed the National Prohibition Act, which provided guidelines for the…

flasks, hiding it under their coats, etc (Doc I). In most cases, you have people who disagree on things and in this case it was many women who supported prohibition because of their husbands who were drunks. Doc F shows a letter written by a woman who states that she needs help with her husband’s drinking problem. The woman goes as far as to giving information on who her husband buys alcohol…

who made the Prohibition law are violating it. How can you send a man to jail for selling alcohol, when you know that the men who make the laws... are themselves patronizing the men selling it." (Doc E) So, what caused America to rethink the 18th Amendment? Easy, the crime rates sky rocketed, the enforcement could have cared less, and the economy…

America Repeal It? "Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water” - W.C. Fields In 1922 over 80% of Americans supported the 18th Amendment, by 1933 less than 20% of Americans supported it. While Americans may not have liked Prohibition, criminals did. Organized criminal, Al Capone, made more than $60 million in one year during Prohibition. Prohibition was fully ratified by…

Fourth Amendment is a great representation of the freedoms that the founders of the United States sought to establish in this country. This same freedom plays a key role in shaping every day police work as well as cases in court. These same ideals have also caused some hardship for law enforcement officers that neglect to yield to proper procedure. Some aspects that have been created from that very ideal allow criminals to avoid prosecution due to technicalities. Yet, the Fourth Amendment and…

The Constitution established a strong central government that reflected upon history and was open to change during times of urgency. It worked upon the failures of the Articles of Confederation, which displayed a weak central government and depended upon the states. The Constitution had strong central government, coming from its articles which points out parts of government and their equally distributed powers. Flexibility of change was established through amendments, but in a way that the…

reason, because there are instances when it is not smart, or safe, for certain people to own guns. Constitutionally United States citizens have the right to bear arms, "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed" (Madison "Amendment 2"). There are clearly two parts to this amendment: A right to a Militia for safety and the right for citizens to own and use weapons. While bearing arms is not…