21st Amendment
Repealed the Eighteenth
The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1933, repealed Prohibition by nullifying the 18th Amendment, which had banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages since 1920.
It is the only constitutional amendment that repeals a previous one, and the only one ratified by state conventions rather than state legislatures.
The amendment also granted states broad authority to regulate alcohol within their borders, which is why liquor laws vary so widely across the country.
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