USA HISTORY

The amendment that repealed Prohibition was the

(A) 20th Amendment

(B) ** 21st Amendment

(C) 22nd Amendment

(D) 23rd Amendment

Concept note-1: -TWENTY-FIRST AMENDMENT The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.

Concept note-2: -In 1933, the 21st Amendment to the Constitution was passed and ratified, ending national Prohibition. After the repeal of the 18th Amendment, some states continued Prohibition by maintaining statewide temperance laws.

Concept note-3: -Congress first proposed the 21st Amendment in February 1933, and it took the unusual method of calling for state conventions to vote on the amendment, instead of submitting it to state legislatures.