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The only amendment to be ratified through this method thus far is the Twenty-first Amendment in 1933. That amendment is also the only one that explicitly repeals an earlier one, the Eighteenth Amendment (ratified in 1919), establishing the prohibition of alcohol. [4] Congress has also enacted statutes governing the constitutional amendment process.
January - the economic Depression of 1920–21, in some ways worse than the Great Depression. [23] January 17 - The Eighteenth Amendment comes into force, beginning the era of Prohibition; August 18 - The Nineteenth Amendment is ratified; November 2 - Republican Warren G. Harding wins the 1920 presidential election
By the end of 1919, 22 had ratified the amendment. [53] In other states support proved more difficult to secure. Much of the opposition to the amendment came from Southern Democrats; only two former Confederate states (Texas and Arkansas) and three border states voted for ratification, [42] with Kentucky and West Virginia not doing so until 1920.
1920. Women are guaranteed the right to vote by the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In practice, the same restrictions that hindered the ability of non-white men to vote now also applied to non-white women. 1923. Texas passes a white primary law. [36] 1924
On August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving women the right to vote. The amendment came after more than 70 years of struggle for women suffragists. Tennessee ...
249 U.S. 211 (1919) sedition Abrams v. United States: 250 U.S. 616 (1919) validity of criminalizing criticism of the government Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States: 251 U.S. 385 (1920) Fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine in a tax evasion case Eisner v. Macomber: 252 U.S. 189 (1920) pro rata stock dividend not taxable income Missouri v ...
1920 – 19th Amendment, grants women the right to vote; 1920 – The Great Steel Strike ends; 1920 – Sacco and Vanzetti arrested; 1920 – First radio broadcasts, by KDKA in Pittsburgh and WWJ in Detroit; 1920 – Volstead Act; 1920 – Esch–Cummins Act; 1920 – Economy collapses. The Depression of 1920–21 begins. 1920 – National ...
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect, August 18, 1920 Warren G. Harding becomes the 29th president of the United States on March 4, 1921 Calvin Coolidge becomes the 30th president of the United States upon the death of President Warren Harding on August 2, 1923