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What amendment was the Prohibition law?
18th
What did the 18th admendment do?
The 18th amendment prohibited the sale, transport, export, import, or manufacture of alcoholic beverages. It is known as the prohibition amendment. It was later repealed by the 21st amendment.
Which amendment was passed by congress in 1919 that made prohibition law?
18th amendment.
What was the 1920 US government law banning alcohol known as?
The actual law that banned alcohol and provided for the specifics and penalties for violations was known as the Volstead Act. Bootleggers convicted of illegally transporting alcohol were convicted for violating the Volstead act, not the 18th Amendment. The 18th amendment has no penalties in it for violating it. the progressive era
Which law was most responsible for bootlegging?
prohibition, the 18th Amendment
Which amendment was repaled and when?
the 18th amendment was repealed in 1933 18th amendment known as Prohibition or formally as the Volstead Act was repealed by the 21st amendment which was ratified on December 5th, 1933
Which amendment prohibited alcohol?
The 18th amendment
Which amendment passed for the progressive reform was later repealed?
The Prohibition of Alcohol
Which is the only amendment that was used to repeal a previously ratified amendment?
You are probably referring to the 21st Amendment, which ended Prohibition. The 18th amendment to the Constitution (1919) made it illegal to manufacture, sell or distribute alcoholic beverages. It was supposed to reduce alcoholism and lower crime rates (many crimes were related to drunkenness), but it turned out to be a very unpopular law, as well as a law that was nearly impossible to enforce. By 1933, the 21st Amendment had repealed it.
Which amendment banned manufacture and transportation of intoxicating liquors?
The 18th Amendment
What amendment repelled the 18th amendment?
The 21st amendment repelled against the 18th amendment.
Who wanted the 18th amendment?
who wanted the 18th amendment?
