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On This Day: Ratification of the 21st Amendment

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What led to the end of Prohibition? In a word: money. To use the words of one historian: the government was desperate for tax revenue in the midst of the Depression. With a series of curated videos, scholars examine the causes of and the end of Prohibition. After viewing the clips, they ponder the lessons of the Prohibition era and the Twenty-first Amendment, which repealed it.

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Concepts

prohibition, constitutional amendments, the constitution, taxes, alcohol use, the presidency of franklin d. roosevelt, franklin d. roosevelt

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

Use segments to help learners build a timeline of events leading up to the Eighteenth and Twenty-first Amendments

Classroom Considerations

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Resource includes four short videos and links to additional clips

Pros

Segments examine the issue of Prohibition from several unique angles
Video clips are short and easy to integrate into a variety of lesson plans

Cons

Common Core

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