THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE 1920S
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Americans must be 18 years old to purchase alcoholic beverages
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only imported alcoholic beverages would be sold
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alcoholic beverages could be sold only in government-run stores
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the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was banned
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ratified on January 16, 1919, the 18th Amendment prohibited the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors".
Detailed explanation-2: -18th Amendment-Prohibition of Liquor | Constitution Center.
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Detailed explanation-4: -The Twenty-First Amendment, which repealed the Eighteenth Amendment, was ratified on December 5, 1933. The decision to repeal a constitutional amendment was unprecedented and came as a response to the crime and general ineffectiveness associated with prohibition.