Prohibition ended with the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment, which repealed the Eighteenth Amendment on December 5, 1933. Led by Pietistic Protestants, prohibitionists first attempted to end the trade in alcoholic drinks during the 19th century.

2022年12月6日 · On December 5, 1933, three states voted to repeal Prohibition, putting the ratification of the 21st Amendment into place. But did Prohibition really end on that fateful day?

2013年12月5日 · With the United States stuck in the throes of the Great Depression, money trumped morals, and the federal government turned to alcohol to quench its thirst for desperately needed tax money and put...

2009年10月29日 · In early 1933, Congress adopted a resolution proposing a 21st Amendment to the Constitution that would repeal the 18th. The 21st Amendment was ratified on December 5, 1933, ending Prohibition.

Prohibition, legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1920 to 1933 under the terms of the Eighteenth Amendment.

In the United States, the nationwide ban on alcoholic beverages, was repealed by the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution on December 5, 1933. In 1919, the requisite number of state legislatures ratified the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, enabling national prohibition one year later.

2010年3月4日 · The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, repealing the 18th Amendment and bringing an end to the era of national prohibition of alcohol in America.

2024年12月1日 · The repeal of the 18th Amendment, which was ratified on December 5, 1933, marked the end of the Prohibition era. The 21st Amendment, which repealed Prohibition, gave states the authority to regulate alcohol, leading to a patchwork of laws across the country. The repeal of Prohibition had significant social, political, and economic implications ...

Full repeal of Prohibition, including higher-alcohol spirits, came several months later on December 5, 1933. By 1929, after nine years of Prohibition, many Americans were discouraged. They had long seen people openly drinking illegal alcoholic beverages that …

In 1933, the 21st Amendment was passed, officially repealing the 18th Amendment and ending Prohibition. This marked the end of over a decade of attempts to regulate alcohol through government intervention. Prohibition was intended as a noble experiment to curb social problems associated with alcohol, but it ultimately failed to achieve its goals.