Twenty-first Amendment

noun

1. 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.

Example Sentences

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.

From Literature

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

From Literature

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

From New York Times

In 1933, by ratification of all the states, the Twenty-first Amendment repealed the Eighteenth.

From Literature

By 1933, Americans had turned against Prohibition, which was repealed by the Twenty-First Amendment.

From New York Times