The 21st Amendment
The 21st Amendment is a very simple Amendment to understand. The only thing you have to understand is the 18th Amendment. They both had a big impact on History. In this essay I will be describing what both Amendments are and what they did for our country.
Starting with the 18th Amendment. The 18th Amendment is very important because it did not let people smuggle alcoholic beverages. They did not let you sell, make or import these drinks. The Congress voted this in on October 1919. It was in affect one year later. There was a man named John Barleycorn he wanted to have beer in the country and he was going to do anything to have it stay here. In 1920, when he did all he could he died of an unknown killer. Some say that people killed him and other websites say that he did not want to live under these rules so he killed himself. Well anyways once he died there was people celebrating his death. He died in 1920.
There were a lot of protesters at this time in History. When the war ended people were wondering why the 18th Amendment remained. Since it was illegal to have alcoholic beverages in the country people now wanted it more than ever. This led to "Underground" drinking. What they did was, since it was illegal people decided to hide there booze anywhere they could find. Many opened bars but hid the alcohol when people in charge came in. Sooner or later people found the Major's and different Government people enjoying themselves and having a good time in these illegal Bars. That is when they started to think it might be a bad idea to keep this 18th Amendment in place.
The 18th Amendment was put in place to take away Alcoholic beverages in the country. Did it work? It is really a matter of opinion. Some say that Prohibition did not work at well as they hoped but it still worked. While others say that it did not help at all it actually was worst when the 18th was in place. The crime went up, there was more people in jail and prison than ever before. I personally do not think it worked because once you take something away from someone they just want it more and they do not care what they have to do to get it. This goes a long with anything.
For this essay I told you what the 21st Amendment was. What it did for our country. I also told you what the 18th Amendment was because the 21st repealed it. They thought the 18th Amendment would fix everything but come to find out it did not help at all.
Starting with the 18th Amendment. The 18th Amendment is very important because it did not let people smuggle alcoholic beverages. They did not let you sell, make or import these drinks. The Congress voted this in on October 1919. It was in affect one year later. There was a man named John Barleycorn he wanted to have beer in the country and he was going to do anything to have it stay here. In 1920, when he did all he could he died of an unknown killer. Some say that people killed him and other websites say that he did not want to live under these rules so he killed himself. Well anyways once he died there was people celebrating his death. He died in 1920.
There were a lot of protesters at this time in History. When the war ended people were wondering why the 18th Amendment remained. Since it was illegal to have alcoholic beverages in the country people now wanted it more than ever. This led to "Underground" drinking. What they did was, since it was illegal people decided to hide there booze anywhere they could find. Many opened bars but hid the alcohol when people in charge came in. Sooner or later people found the Major's and different Government people enjoying themselves and having a good time in these illegal Bars. That is when they started to think it might be a bad idea to keep this 18th Amendment in place.
The 18th Amendment was put in place to take away Alcoholic beverages in the country. Did it work? It is really a matter of opinion. Some say that Prohibition did not work at well as they hoped but it still worked. While others say that it did not help at all it actually was worst when the 18th was in place. The crime went up, there was more people in jail and prison than ever before. I personally do not think it worked because once you take something away from someone they just want it more and they do not care what they have to do to get it. This goes a long with anything.
For this essay I told you what the 21st Amendment was. What it did for our country. I also told you what the 18th Amendment was because the 21st repealed it. They thought the 18th Amendment would fix everything but come to find out it did not help at all.
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