History

Omar Salazar

25 February, 03:01

During the 1920's the manufacture, sale, transportation, import or export of alcoholic beverages

was illegal across the United States. Why did it take the ratification of the 21 st Amendment to the

Constitution in 1933 to make alcohol manufacture, sale, transportation, importation or

exportation legal again?

a. The states each had conflicting versions of the law.

b. The Supreme Court refused to rule on the federal law banning alcohol.

c. Congressional representatives knew they would lose votes if they reversed the original

federal law.

d. Alcohol was banned by an amendment to the Constitution, and only another

amendment could repeal it.