<P> The Twenty - first Amendment ( Amendment XXI ) to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution , which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol on January 16 , 1919 . The Twenty - first Amendment was ratified on December 5 , 1933 . It is unique among the 27 amendments of the U.S. Constitution for being the only one to repeal a prior amendment and to have been ratified by state ratifying conventions . </P>
<P> The Twenty - first Amendment ( Amendment XXI ) to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution , which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol on January 16 , 1919 . The Twenty - first Amendment was ratified on December 5 , 1933 . It is unique among the 27 amendments of the U.S. Constitution for being the only one to repeal a prior amendment and to have been ratified by state ratifying conventions . </P>
what are the amendments that deal with prohibition
what are the amendments that deal with prohibition
the Eighteenth Amendment The Twenty - first Amendment
the Eighteenth Amendment The Twenty - first Amendment