USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The National Prohibition Act, known as the Volstead Act, provided enforcement for the 18th Amendment. Ratified on December 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment.

Detailed explanation-2: -Known as Prohibition, the 18th Amendment was passed in 1920 with a 68 percent supermajority in the House of Representatives and a 76 percent majority in the Senate. Millions of Americans continued to drink alcohol illegally, which led to bootlegging and speakeasies becoming common.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Prohibition was a nationwide ban on the sale and import of alcoholic beverages that lasted from 1920 to 1933. Protestants, Progressives, and women all spearheaded the drive to institute Prohibition. Prohibition led directly to the rise of organized crime.