18th Amendment
Dry law mandate
The 18th Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages, ushering in Prohibition in 1920.
It proved unenforceable and was repealed by the 21st Amendment in 1933—the only constitutional amendment ever repealed.
The 18th Amendment gave rise to speakeasies and bootleggers.
- noble experiment1920s liquor ban
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- blind pigUnlicensed drinking establishment
- bootleggingIllegal alcohol production/sale
- dry countiesAreas banning alcohol sales
ratification · prohibitionists · bathtub gin · temperance movement · organized crime · moonshine · moral reform · wet vs dry · legislation · alcohol regulation · social activism · advocacy groups · economic impact · repeal · enforcement · constitutional rights · dry · flapper
- ProhibitionProhibition, speakeasies, bootlegger, bootleggers, speakeasy
- drink historybootleggers, moonshine, speakeasies, temperance movement, beer brewing
- Progressive EraTheodore Roosevelt, progressivism, Woodrow Wilson, Teddy Roosevelt, trust busting
- Temperancetemperance movement, teetotalism, prohibition movement, alcohol abstinence, WCTU
18th Amendment21st Amendment
Constitutional reversal of alcohol ban
brewing industry · legalization · liquor license · liquor licensing · distillery
18th Amendmentpersonal freedom
Control over one's life
personal liberty · freedom of choice · Bill of Rights · civil liberties · individual rights