Twenty-first Amendment

American  

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.

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Example Sentences

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In 1933, by ratification of all the states, the Twenty-first Amendment repealed the Eighteenth.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By 1933, Americans had turned against Prohibition, which was repealed by the Twenty-First Amendment.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

And on 5 December 1933, Utah approved the Twenty-first Amendment, providing a majority for ratification and consigning national Prohibition to the history books.

From The Guardian

Thus: When Cesare was a small toddler of uncertain gait and chubby visage, the Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States canceled out not only the Eighteenth Amendment, but the thriving enterprises conducted by Manelli, Sr., and many of his friends.

From Project Gutenberg