In August 1920 the Nineteenth Amendment Was Ratified Giving All Women the Right to Vote on Equal Terms to Men.

However, why had this come about?

Prohibition

What is this?

  • Prohibition was the ban on sale of creation, sale of alcohol was introduced in a constitution amendment in 1919. 46/48 states actually ratified it!

18th Amendment

  • It was repealed in 1933 after problems with enforcement and increasing evidence it was a cause of crime as gangsters traded in alcohol illegally.

21st Amendment