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- DictionaryPro·hi·bi·tion/ˌprō(h)əˈbiSH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. the action of forbidding something, especially by law: "they argue that prohibition of drugs will always fail"
- 2. the prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol, especially in the US between 1920 and 1933.
Prohibition was successful in reducing the amount of liquor consumed, cirrhosis death rates, admissions to state mental hospitals for alcoholic psychosis, arrests for public drunkenness, and rates of absenteeism.
Oct 29, 2009 · The Prohibition Era began in 1920 when the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which banned the manufacture, transportation and sale of intoxicating liquors, went into effect with the...
Prohibition, legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1920 to 1933 under the terms of the Eighteenth Amendment.
Jan 16, 2015 · 10 Things You Should Know About Prohibition. Ninety-five years after its inception, learn 10 fascinating facts about America’s nearly 14-year “noble experiment” in alcohol prohibition. By ...
Prohibition was a major reform movement from the 1870s until the 1920s, when nationwide prohibition went into effect. It was supported by evangelical Protestant churches, especially the Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Disciples of Christ, Congregationalists, Quakers, and Scandinavian Lutherans.
Prohibition, legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages with the aim of obtaining partial or total abstinence through legal means. Most countries that have experimented with the ban have soon lifted it, including the United States. Learn more about prohibition.
Prohibition was a social experiment that had nurtured the very ills that it sought to ameliorate—criminal activity, public corruption, and a casual disregard for the rule of law.
The story of the rise, rule, and fall of prohibition and the entire era it encompassed. Learn more about the temperance movement and more on this page.
Feb 4, 2010 · Under Prohibition, the illegal manufacture and sale of liquor–known as “bootlegging”–occurred on a large scale across the United States.
Oct 14, 2019 · Prohibition was a period of nearly 14 years of U.S. history (1920 to 1933) in which the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquor were made illegal.
