Praxis II Citizenship

Answer: A - The Eighteenth Amendment, outlawing the sale and transport of liquor, is the only amendment to the U.S. Constitution that has ever been repealed. Prohibition officially began when the Eighteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920. While the restriction of alcohol was intended to curb drinking and other social problems that were associated with the consumption of liquor, the problems actually worsened. Furthermore, the sale and distribution of black market, bootlegged liquor became a booming industry for the mobsters who ran the trade. After 13 years of worsening social problems and a significant loss of revenue for the government, Franklin Roosevelt managed to get Congress to pass a new amendment-the eventual Twenty-First Amendment-to end Prohibition.