Prohibition in the United States was repealed on December 5, 1933, with the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment to the Constitution.
Key details
- The Twenty-first Amendment explicitly repealed the Eighteenth Amendment, which had established national Prohibition.
- Ratification was achieved when Utah became the 36th state to approve the amendment on December 5, 1933, meeting the three-fourths requirement of the states and officially ending national Prohibition.
