Which pair of amendments is directly connected because one established national Prohibition and the other repealed it?
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Correct answer: The Eighteenth and Twenty-First Amendments
The Eighteenth Amendment created national Prohibition, while the Twenty-First Amendment repealed it. This is the clearest example of one amendment directly undoing another.
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