Eighteenth Amendment

American  

noun

1. an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1918, prohibiting the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages for consumption: repealed in 1933.

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Example Sentences

The Eighteenth Amendment passed easily in the Senate and the House, and was soon approved by every state except Rhode Island.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 21, 2015

But in 1919, exactly half a century after the Party’s founding, the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, banning “the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors.”

From The New Yorker • Dec. 21, 2015

Shortly thereafter, Congress passed the Volstead Act, translating the Eighteenth Amendment into an enforceable ban on the consumption of alcoholic beverages, and regulating the scientific and industrial uses of alcohol.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

Their political pressure culminated in the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

The bells were actually tolling in recognition of Nebraska’s ratifying the Eighteenth Amendment.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler