Monday February 13, 2017

Journal: Read the following and answer the questions
The 18th Amendment Source: United States Constitution 
Context: The US Senate passed the 18th Amendment on December 18, 1917. It was ratified on January 16, 1919, after 36 states approved it. The 18th Amendment, and the enforcement laws accompanying it, established Prohibition of alcohol in the United States. Several states already had Prohibition laws before this amendment. It was eventually repealed by the 21st Amendment on December 5, 1933. It is the only amendment that has ever been completely repealed.

Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, transportation, importation or exportation of intoxicating liquors in the United States and all its territory is hereby prohibited.

Section 2. The Congress and the States shall both have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Section 3. This article shall have no power unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission to the States by the Congress.

Vocabulary
To ratify—to confirm or pass something, such as an amendment Intoxicating liquors—alcohol
Article—a section or item in a written document. Until enough states ratified this amendment, it was known as an article.

Guiding Questions: 1. What is your first reaction to the 18th amendment? 2. Do you think this amendment could be passed today? Why or why not? 3. Why do you think some Americans in 1918 might have wanted this amendment?

Agenda
Discuss 18th Amendment
Notes
Speakeasy Activities
Present Projects

Learning Targets
I can explain what a speakeasy is.
I can explain how the 18th amendment impacted America.
I can plan and research a project.