It would take 13 years until the Eighteenth Amendment was repealed by the Twenty-first came into effect because by the end of the 1920s many Americans were already growing tired of the decision. America was facing an economic depression and the government knew that if they legalized alcohol sales that there would be a good amount of revenue coming through to help get them through the crisis. In 1933, Franklin Roosevelt who was against Prohibition ran against President Herbert Hoover and won the election. Once Roosevelt was in office, they were able to finally appeal the amendment and the Prohibition era was no more, much to the delight of the