THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
PROHIBITION OF THE 1920S
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Franklin Roosevelt
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Thomas Jefferson
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Harry S. Truman
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Detailed explanation-1: -On December 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment was ratified, as announced in this proclamation from President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment of January 16, 1919, ending the increasingly unpopular nationwide prohibition of alcohol.
Detailed explanation-2: -The repeal of Prohibition became a popular campaign theme for Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the Twenty-First Amendment, which was approved soon after he swept into the presidency, finally nullified the misguided Volstead Act.
Detailed explanation-3: -The beginning of the Great Depression after the stock market crash of 1929 under Hoover, and the prospect of new jobs and tax revenue from legalized alcohol triggered a groundswell of political support for repeal, and for Roosevelt.