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One argument used in favor of the repeal was that bringing back the liquor industry would create jobs. Jphelm.
Other arguments were that prohibition was causing violence in many cities, specially in Chicago were different gangs fought each other to control the illegal liquor industry.
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This was a major social change during the great depression?
repeal of prohibition
Who proposed amendment twenty one?
Senator John J. Blaine, (R) Wisconsin sponsored the 21st Amendment to the US Constitution to repeal the 18th Amendment (commonly referred to as prohibition).
The repeal of Prohibition through ratification of the 21st Amendment was unusual in that ratification in that instance was?
The repeal of the 21st amendment was unusual because it repealed a previous amendment. The 21st amendment voided the 18th amendment which outlawed alcohol.
What amendment states The eighteenth amendment is repealed?
Yes, I would. End of Prohibition, 5 Dec 1933. Repeal was supported by the majority of Americans.
When did the US prohibition end?
Prohibition started in January 17, 1920 with the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution.the 1920s and it failed because people still drank it and made it in secret-moonshine.
Which amendment repealed another amendment?
The 21st amendment, which is the repeal of prohibition, repealed the 18th amendment which was about prohibition.
What was the intent of the 18th amendment?
to repeal prohibition
What part did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have in Prohibition?
He campaigned on a promise to repeal National Prohibition.
When was prohibition of alcohol?
National Prohibition was implemented in January of 1920 and its repeal was implemented in December of 1933. However, following repeal, about 40% of the population still lived in states or areas that maintained their own prohibition of alcohol.
Did the president support the prohibition?
President Roosevelt's platform included a plank calling for the repeal of Prohibition.
Which American president was responsible for the repeal of Prohibition?
Frank Roosevelt
Which amendments has been of least importance in American history?
prohibition and the repeal of it
This was a major social change during the great depression?
repeal of prohibition
What was the major social change during the great depression?
repeal of prohibition
In which election did the Democrats come out in support of the repeal of Prohibition?
The 1932 election.
Repeal of the 18th amendment allowed?
Repeal of National Prohibition in the US allowed individual states whether to have state-wide prohibition or to permit "local option" whereby counties and other political jurisdictions could decide for themselves whether or not to have local prohibition.
Where were there no state prohibition laws in 1930?
As of 1930, there were no state prohibition laws in Mississippi and Louisiana. These states did not enact their own prohibition laws in the 1920s, unlike the majority of other states in the US.
