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Time Cellar · regulatory change
United States repeals national Prohibition
The Twenty-first Amendment repealed national Prohibition in the United States on 5 December 1933, after beer had already been legalized earlier that year under federal changes.
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5 December 1933 · precision: exact date · not marked approximate
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This event marks federal constitutional repeal; it does not imply identical alcohol rules across U.S. states after repeal.
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Prohibition: a concise history — Smithsonian Libraries record
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historical era
U.S. Prohibition & Regulatory Realignment
A United States-specific era covering national Prohibition and its repeal.
Navigation heuristic: 38. semantic 16 + evidence 4 + verification 6 + confidence 6 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
occurred_during · forward
United States repeals national Prohibition — occurred during → U.S. Prohibition & Regulatory Realignment.
Historical event falls within an era. BEU places this anchor inside the scoped us prohibition realignment navigation era.
Evidence: Prohibition: a concise history — Smithsonian Libraries record
place
United States
Navigation heuristic: 38. semantic 16 + evidence 4 + verification 6 + confidence 6 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
occurred_in · forward
United States repeals national Prohibition — occurred in → United States.
Historical event occurred in a place. Location context for us prohibition repealed 1933.
Evidence: Prohibition: a concise history — Smithsonian Libraries record