Prohibition - Shame on Mississippi! and Cheers for Michigan!

The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished the production and sale of alcohol in the United States, was ratified on January 16, 1919.  Mississippi was the first state to ratify the Amendment on January 7, 1918.  New Jersey was the last state to ratify the 18th Amendment on March 9, 1922, but cheers to two states, Connecticut and Rhode Island, who rejected the Amendment and never ratified it.

The 18th Amendment was repealed in 1933 with the passage of the 21st Amendment on December 5, once again making the sale of alcohol legal in the United States.  Michigan was the first state to ratify the 21st Amendment on April 10, 1933, but 10 states either rejected the Amendment or never took a vote to ratify it: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, and yes, you guessed it, Mississippi.