Why Is It Important To Ratize The 21st Amendment

The passing of the 21st amendment was controversial. It repealed the 18th amendment which had put a ban on alcohol. A lot of citizens were pleased with the 18th amendment, however the ban on alcohol led to a lot of crimes and became really unpopular. When the 21st amendment was ratified a lot of people disapproved, but it ended the period of prohibition which later ended most crimes. A controversy of the ratification of the 21st amendment was that it ended most crimes, but many people were now unhappy because the distribution of alcohol was no longer banned. When an amendment is submitted, the state legislatures are the ones who vote for the new amendment. However, the "Convention of the States" were the ones to vote for the 21st amendment. Many states rejected the 21st amendment, among those states were North Carolina and South Carolina. Other states, including Georgia, Kansas, and Louisiana didn't even act to vote on the 21st amendment. Although, when the conventions in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Utah approved the amendment it was all the last votes required to ratify the 21st amendment. The states that did not vote for the 21st amendment disapproved when it passed. Mississippi didn't end the ban of distribution of alcohol until 1966 because it didn't
The number of crimes were now a lot higher because of prohibition. Al Capone was a mobster who sold a lot of alcohol illegally when it was prohibited. Many people also tried to sell their own alcohol. All the illegal selling brought a whole new wave of crimes to the United States. When the 21st amendment ended prohibition, most crimes died down because it was no longer illegal to sell alcohol. With all the problems the 18th amendment brought, the 21st amendment was even more