Which of the following best explains why The Twenty-First Amendment was ratified in 1933, repealing the 18th Amendment?

Select one:

a. The depression made it clear that it was time for a progressive income tax.

b. The banning of alcohol had been an expensive mistake. Rather than spend money trying to enforce an unpopular law the government could tax alcohol.

c. Voters in the South were opposed to the poll tax, literacy test, and other discriminatory voting restrictions placed on African Americans.

d. Most Americans agreed it was time to allow women to have the vote.

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Emma Leblanc

11 January, 10:07

Which of the following best explains why The Twenty-First Amendment was ratified in 1933, repealing the 18th Amendment?

Select one:

a. The depression made it clear that it was time for a progressive income tax.

b. The banning of alcohol had been an expensive mistake. Rather than spend money trying to enforce an unpopular law the government could tax alcohol.

c. Voters in the South were opposed to the poll tax, literacy test, and other discriminatory voting restrictions placed on African Americans.

d. Most Americans agreed it was time to allow women to have the vote.

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Augustus Holder · Answer 1

The best explanation as to why the Twenty-First Amendment was ratified in 1933, repealing the 18th Amendment would be that " b. The banning of alcohol had been an expensive mistake. Rather than spend money trying to enforce an unpopular law the government could tax alcohol," since Prohibition had been deemed a failure.