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  2. Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    The Twenty-first Amendment ending national prohibition also became effective on December 5, 1933. The Acting Secretary of State William Phillips certified the amendment as having been passed by the required three-fourths of the states at 5:49 p.m. EST, just 17 minutes after the passage of the amendment by the Utah convention.

  3. State ratifying conventions - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. constitutional amendment process. The convention method of ratification described in Article V is an alternate route to considering the pro and con arguments of a particular proposed amendment, as the framers of the Constitution wanted a means of potentially bypassing the state legislatures in the ratification process.

  4. Repeal of Prohibition in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1919, the requisite number of state legislatures ratified the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, enabling national prohibition one year later. Many women, notably members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, were pivotal in bringing about national Prohibition in the United States, believing it would protect families, women, and children from the effects of alcohol ...

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  6. Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    The Twentieth Amendment (Amendment XX) to the United States Constitution moved the beginning and ending of the terms of the president and vice president from March 4 to January 20, and of members of Congress from March 4 to January 3. It also has provisions that determine what is to be done when there is no president-elect. The Twentieth ...

  7. Twenty-first Amendment - Wikipedia

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    The Twenty-first Amendment or 21st Amendment may refer to the: Twenty-first Amendment of the Constitution of India, a 1967 amendment which introduced Sindhi as one of the official languages of India; Twenty-first Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, a 2001 amendment that introduced a constitutional ban on the death penalty

  8. List of clauses of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The United States Constitution and its amendments comprise hundreds of clauses which outline the functioning of the United States Federal Government, the political relationship between the states and the national government, and affect how the United States federal court system interprets the law.

  9. Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    Section 2 provides a mechanism for filling a vacancy in the vice presidency. Before the Twenty-fifth Amendment, a vice-presidential vacancy continued until a new vice president took office at the start of the next presidential term; the vice presidency had become vacant several times due to death, resignation, or succession to the presidency, and these vacancies had often lasted several years.