USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Ratified on January 16, 1919, the 18th Amendment prohibited the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors". This guide compiles Library of Congress digital materials, external websites, and a print bibliography related to Prohibition.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -18th Amendment-Prohibition of Liquor | Constitution Center.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Eighteenth Amendment was repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment on December 5, 1933-it is the only amendment to be repealed. The Eighteenth Amendment was the product of decades of efforts by the temperance movement, which held that a ban on the sale of alcohol would ameliorate poverty and other societal problems.

Detailed explanation-5: -Here’s one: In 1919, the U.S. adopted the 18th Amendment, launching Prohibition; in 1920 came the 19th Amendment and women’s suffrage.