Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Amendment XVIII (the Eighteenth Amendment) of the United States Constitution, along with the passage of the Volstead Act (which defined "intoxicating liquors"), established Prohibition. The amendment was ratified on January 16, 1919, having been approved by 36 states. It went into effect one year later on January 16, 1920. The amendment was later repealed by the Twenty-First Amendment in 1933.

Related Topics:
United States Constitution - Volstead Act - Prohibition - January 16 - 1919 - 1920 - Twenty-First Amendment - 1933

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