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Giganto: The Real King Kong

Thu January 8th at 3:00pm

Ancient Discoveries: Machines of the East

Fri January 9th at 7:00pm

Amendment, Twenty-First

Amendment to the US Constitution, ratified in 1933, that repealed the Eighteenth Amendment, thereby ending the period of Prohibition (1920–33). This was the first amendment to directly repeal another.

Although the Eighteenth Amendment did reduce alcohol consumption in the USA, there was widespread disdain for the law. Speakeasies for illicit drinking sprang up, and organized crime activity increased, especially in Chicago, Illinois, and towns near the Canadian border. Police often violated civil rights in the searches and seizures of bootlegging equipment. Public opinion began to sway against Prohibition, particularly at the start of the depression in 1929, and resulted in the election of anti‐prohibition legislators. The Twenty‐First Amendment was ratified less that ten months after it was passed by Congress.

The Twenty‐First Amendment does, however, prohibit the transport of alcohol between states, providing federal support to states that enact their own dry laws.

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The American Civil War: The Road to War

16 January 1919
The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution, prohibiting the 'manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes', achieves the necessary two-thirds majority for state ratification, and thus becomes the law of the land.

27 February 1922

The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, providing for female suffrage, is unanimously declared constitutional by the Supreme Court.

22 March 1974
The Equal Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Senate, but in the following years fails to receive ratification by all states.

30 March 1870
The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is adopted, granting African-American men the right to vote

4 June 1919
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, is passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification, which it receives 8 days later.

30 June 1970
The Vietnam War: The Senate passes the Cooper-Church Amendment, an attempt to limit the U.S. President’s power to fund U.S. Army activity in Cambodia. A diluted version of the amendment is eventually adopted by Congress in 1971.

28 July 1868
The 14th Amendment, guaranteeing African Americans citizenship and all its privileges, is officially adopted into the U.S. Constitution.

18 August 1920
The 19th Amendment to the American Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, becomes law.

26 August 1920
United States of America ratifies the 19th Amendment to the Constitution granting women the right to vote.

28 August 1917
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson is picketed by woman suffragists in front of the White House, who demand that he support an amendment to the Constitution that would guarantee women the right to vote.