Amendment XVIII (1919)

S.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 the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.

S.2 - The Congress and the several states shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

S.3 - This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several states, as provided in the Consitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the states by the Congress.

Only two states failed to ratify the 18th Amendment:  Connecticut and Rhode Island.  Both had Prohibition Party organizations and ran candidates, but neither was able to muster support.

Amendment XXI (1933)

S.1 - The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.

S.2 - The transportation or importation into any state, territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.

S.3 - This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several states, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of submission hereof to the states by the Congress.

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