Twenty-first Amendment

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an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1933, providing for the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, which had outlawed the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages.

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On December 5, 1933, the state of Utah, by voting to approve the Twenty-First Amendment to the US Constitution, calling for the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, provided the majority necessary to confine Prohibition to the history books.

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But on December 5, 1933, the Twenty-First Amendment was passed and Prohibition came to an end.

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Prohibition officially ended with the ratification of the Twenty-First Amendment in 1933.

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In 1933, by ratification of all the states, the Twenty-first Amendment repealed the Eighteenth.

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By 1933, Americans had turned against Prohibition, which was repealed by the Twenty-First Amendment.

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