The 18th ammendment The ratification of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution in 1919, the federal government imposed a "one-size fits-all" policy on the country. The 18th Amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of Alcoholic Beverages into, out of, or within any State. Prohibition came to an end in 1933 with the ratification of the 21st Amendment.
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Amendment 18-
Section 1. 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.
Section 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Section 3. 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.
Amendment 21 later repealed this amendment because it was too hard to enforce.
Eightenth Amendment Section 1. Ban on Alcohol: 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 puposes is hereby prohibted. The 21st. Amendment repealed it.(1933)
Prohibited the non-medical sale of alcohol This amendment is the midpoint of a growing drive towards women's rights as well as showing the moral attitude of the era.
The 18th Amendment abolished the sale or manufacture of alcohol in the United States The 18th Amendment abolished the sale or manufacture of alcohol in the United States
The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution prohibited the sale and manufacture of alcoholic beverages. It was ratified January 16, 1919, and it was to take effect January 16, 1920. Below is a link to a site devoted to the US Constitution.
The Prohibition of Alcohol