Date Created:
Year Created: 1919
Description: The 18th amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States. This amendment marked the beginning of Prohibition, a period during which alcohol was banned nationwide. However, it did not outlaw the consumption of alcohol. The Amendment was later repealed by the 21st Amendment on December 5, 1933, making it the only amendment in U.S. history to be entirely overturned.
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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.
The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
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.
Citation: Britannica