In 1919 the United States Constitution enacted the 18th Amendment, signed into law as the National Prohibition Act of 1920. Prohibition is the prohibition on the manufacture, sale, and possession of alcohol , including beer and wine. This amendment was repealed with the passage of the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, which allows the possession of alcohol in the United States. In the city of Washington, Monday, December 5, 1932, the 21st Amendment document included the restored citizens' rights limited by the 18th Amendment. (Appendix II) The 18th Amendment was the first and only amendment repealed from the Constitution, allowing people to possess, sell, and purchase their own alcohol. Prohibition not only failed in its promises to provide a solution to poverty, crime, violence, and other ills throughout the 20th century, it actually increased and created further social problems. There are many contributions to the passage of the 21st Amendment, although the primary reason for the repeal of the ban was crime. The most significant causes of the increase in crime due to Prohibition were several notorious criminals including George Remus and AL Capone. Prohibition was added to the Constitution in hopes of controlling crime and corruption in the United States, although it had the opposite effect. In the early 20th century, the two most significant factors leading to the passage of the 21st Amendment were George Remus's bootlegging industry and Al Capone-led organized crime, not the economic collapse of that period. The issue of Prohibition was a major controversy in the United States in the early 1900s. By 1933, 43 of the 48 states had passed laws for the action to take place... half of document... mes. Prohibition created even more senseless violence with Al Capone's organized crime business and turned many gang members into bootleggers. With the help of George Remus and Al Capone, the US government was weakened and the power of the people was exposed. During this time crime was out of control and all the “evils” of alcohol, which the 18th Amendment was supposed to outlaw, were greatly unleashed. On December 5, 1933, the Daily Mirror newspaper announced that Utah had become the 36th state to ratify the 21st Amendment and prohibition had come to an end. (Appendix I) The two most substantial causes of the passage of the 21st Amendment were George Remus's bootlegging industry and Al Capone's organized crime business; whereas the idea that the stock market crash and the Great Depression were the main factor leading to the repeal of Prohibition is false and otherwise not as significant.