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The Eighteenth Amendment (Amendment XVIII) to the United States Constitution established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States. The amendment was proposed by Congress on December 18, 1917, and ratified by the requisite number of states on January 16, 1919.
May 17, 2024 · Eighteenth Amendment, amendment (1919) to the Constitution of the United States imposing the federal prohibition of alcohol. It was repealed in 1933, following the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment.
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Eighteenth Amendment. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.
Jan 14, 2020 · The 18th Amendment to the Constitution prohibited the "manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors..." and was ratified by the states on January 16, 1919. The movement to prohibit alcohol began in the United States in the early nineteenth century.
Feb 4, 2010 · Learn about the origins, effects and repeal of Prohibition in the United States, from the 18th Amendment in 1919 to the 21st Amendment in 1933. Explore the role of religious groups, temperance movements, organized crime and the Great Depression in shaping the nation's alcohol policy.
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The Eighteenth Amendment must be understood in its historical context, namely, “between 1913 and 1919, in the greatest burst of constitutional activity since the Bill of Rights, amendments establishing the income tax, direct election of senators, Prohibition, and woman suffrage were engraved into the nation’s organic law.”
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The Eighteenth Amendment granted Congress and the state legislatures concurrent power to enforce Prohibition by enacting appropriate legislation. U.S. Const. amend. XVIII, § 2 .
