18th amendment
Constitutional liquor ban
The 18th Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages, ushering in Prohibition in 1920.
It was the first amendment to restrict rather than protect individual rights, and the only one later repealed—by the 21st Amendment in 1933 after widespread defiance and the rise of organized crime.
- noble experiment1920s liquor ban
- moral reformEffort to improve conduct
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
- criminal syndicatesOrganized illegal business groups
- gangster eraPeriod of organized crime dominance
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18th amendmentlegalization
Making something lawful
decriminalization · deregulation · drug legalization · marijuana legalization · permissiveness
18th amendmentpersonal liberty
Freedom from external control
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