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The End of <strong>Prohibition</strong> (1933)• As part of FDR’s New Deal legislation, the Beer-WineRevenue Act legalized beer that had an alcohol contentof 3.2% and light wines and levied a tax on both(revenue generator during the Great Depression.)• The 21 st Amendment, ratified Dec. 5, 1933, repealedthe 18 th Amendment and ended the <strong>Prohibition</strong>experiment.

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