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Twenty-First Amendment — Passed on 20 February 1933 and ratified on 5 December 1933, the Twenty First Amendment repealed the Eighteenth Amendment and so ended prohibition in the United States. The amendment was ratified directly by state conventions, the first time… … Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt–Truman Era
Twenty-first Amendment — 21. Zusatzartikel zur Verfassung der Vereinigten Staaten. Der 21. Zusatzartikel zur Verfassung der Vereinigten Staaten (engl. Twenty first Amendment to the United States Constitution) hob die landesweit gültige Alkoholprohibition auf, die 1920… … Deutsch Wikipedia
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