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Unit IX: Boom and Bust: 1921-1933

Question/Problem 1: What effects did Prohibition have on American society of the 1920s?

Prohibition Worksheet

Directions: Read the following two amendments to the Constitution and answer the questions below.

Eighteenth Amendment
(National Prohibition)

Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. Ratified 1919

Twenty-First Amendment
Repeal of National Prohibition)

Section 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed. Ratified 1933


1. In your own words, define "Prohibition."




2. What are possible reasons for the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment?




3. What are possible reasons for the ratification of the Twenty-First Amendment?




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