Why didn't prohibition work?

On December 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. The 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment, making alcohol once again legal. This was the first and only time in U.S. history that an Amendment has been repealed. But what had brought about this dramatic shift in US policy?

Lessons & Resources » How far did US society change in the 1920s?

• Political Cartoon Interpretation
• What were the Roaring Twenties?
• How was life different for women in the 1920s?
• How widespread was intolerance in the 1920s?
• Why were Sacco and Vanzetti executed?
• The rise and fall of the Klu Klux Klan
• What was the experience of Black and Native Americans in the 1920s?
• What was the Monkey Trial all about?
• What was prohibition and why was it introduced?
• Who was Al Capone?