Eighteenth Amendment
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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
Three Republican Presidents—Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Hoover—held office during Prohibition, and all of them were willing, if not eager, to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 21, 2015
Congress ratified the Eighteenth Amendment in January 1919, with provisions to take effect one year later.
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
To enforce the Eighteenth Amendment, the Volstead Act—named for the congressman who introduced it—was passed on October 28, 1919.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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