The end of the Prohibition

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- as costs for law enforcement, jails, and prisons increased, the support for the prohibition was declining by the end of the '20s

- fundamentalists and nativists gained more control over the temperance movement

- the U.S. was falling into the Great Depression so creating jobs and revenue by legalizing the liquor industry was in high appeal

- Franklin D. Roosevelt's victory for presidency meant the end of the prohibition