Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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.
Prohibition: Years, Amendment and Definition - HISTORY
2009年10月29日 · 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 in the United States - Wikipedia
The Twenty-first Amendment ended Prohibition, though it continued in some states. To date, this is the only time in American history in which a constitutional amendment was passed for the purpose of repealing another. The overall effects of Prohibition on society are disputed and hard to …
Prohibition | Definition, History, Eighteenth Amendment,
2024年11月18日 · Prohibition was legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1920 to 1933 under the Eighteenth Amendment. Despite this legislation, millions of Americans drank liquor illegally, giving rise to bootlegging, speakeasies, and a period of gangsterism.
Eighteenth Amendment | Definition, Summary, & Facts | Britannica
2024年12月13日 · 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 It was repealed in 1933, following the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment.
Prohibition ‑ Definition, Amendment & Era - HISTORY
2010年2月4日 · Under Prohibition, the illegal manufacture and sale of liquor–known as “bootlegging”–occurred on a large scale across the United States.
Introduction - 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Primary ...
2020年1月14日 · 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.
18th Amendment - Prohibition of Liquor | Constitution Center
This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
Eighteenth Amendment | Resources - Constitution Annotated
Eighteenth Amendment Explained 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.
Eighteenth Amendment Prohibition of Liquor - Constitution Annotated
Amdt18.1Overview of Eighteenth Amendment, Prohibition of Liquor; Amdt18.2 Historical Background. Amdt18.2.1Alcoholic Beverages in Colonial America; Amdt18.2.2Temperance Movements of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; Amdt18.2.3Post-Civil War Temperance Organizations; Amdt18.3Early Federal and State Prohibition Laws