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What were the reasons for the repeal of Prohibition in 1933? (21st Amendment)

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The beginning of the Great Depression after the stock market crash of 1929 under Hoover, and the prospect of new jobs and tax revenue from legalized alcohol triggered a groundswell of political support for repeal, and for Roosevelt

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