USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The act was conceived by Anti-Saloon League leader Wayne Wheeler and passed over the veto of Pres. Woodrow Wilson.

Detailed explanation-3: -The amendment came as a result of roughly a century of reform movements. Early temperance advocates aimed to reduce alcohol consumption and prevent alcoholism, drunkenness, and the disorder and violence it could result in. Theses early efforts promoted temperate consumption with hopes for eventual prohibition.

Detailed explanation-4: -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 Ratified on December 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment.