Editing Volstead Act (section)

==Repeal==
Prohibition lost support because ignoring the law gained increasing social acceptance and [[organized crime]] violence increased. By 1933, public opposition to prohibition had become overwhelming. In March of that year, Congress passed the [[Cullen–Harrison Act]], which legalized "[[3.2 beer]]" (i.e. beer containing 3.2% alcohol by weight or 4% by volume) and wines of similarly low alcohol content, rather than the 0.5% limit defined by the original Volstead Act.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=14551 |title=Franklin D. Roosevelt: 'Message to Congress on Repeal of the Volstead Act,' March 13, 1933 |author1=Peters, Gerhard |author2=Woolley, John T |publisher = University of California – Santa Barbara |work= The American Presidency Project}}</ref>

In February 1933, Congress passed the [[Blaine Act]], a proposed constitutional amendment to repeal the [[Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Eighteenth Amendment]] to end prohibition. On December 5, 1933, [[Utah]] became the 36th state to ratify the [[Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution|Twenty-first Amendment]], which repealed the Eighteenth Amendment, voiding the Volstead Act and restoring control of alcohol to the states.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Prohibition |url=https://archives.utah.gov/research/educator-resources/primary-prohibtion/#:~:text=After%20over%20a%20decade%20of,legal%20again%20throughout%20the%20country. |access-date=December 19, 2024 |website=Utah Division of Archives and Records Service}}</ref> All states either made alcohol legal, or passed control over alcohol production and consumption to the counties and provinces they comprise. That led to the creation of [[dry counties]], most of which are in [[Southern United States|the South]].