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.
Eighteenth Amendment | Definition, Summary, & Facts | Britannica
2024年10月18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 It was repealed in 1933, following the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment.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 · On January 16, 1919, the requisite number of states ratified the 18th Amendment, which prohibited the manufacturing, transportation and sale of alcohol within the United States; it would go...
Eighteenth Amendment | Resources - Constitution Annotated
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.
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.
The Eighteenth Amendment - The National Constitution Center
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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Amdt18.1 Overview of Eighteenth Amendment, Prohibition of Liquor. Amdt18.2 Historical Background. Amdt18.2.1 Alcoholic Beverages in Colonial America. Amdt18.2.2 Temperance Movements of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Amdt18.2.3 Post …
Overview of Eighteenth Amendment, Prohibition of Liquor
The Eighteenth Amendment granted Congress and the state legislatures concurrent power to enforce Prohibition by enacting appropriate legislation. U.S. Const. amend. XVIII, § 2 .
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3 天之前 · The Eighteenth Amendment—which illegalized the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol—was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1917. In 1919 the amendment was ratified by the three-quarters of the nation’s states required to make it constitutional.
The Eighteenth and Twenty-First Amendments - Jack Miller Center
The Eighteenth Amendment was ratified on January 16, 1919, and prohibited the making of, sale, or transportation of alcohol. The amendment came as a result of roughly a century of reform movements.
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