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ratified in 1918, prohibiting the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages for consumption: repealed in 1933.

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Eighteenth Amendment

In 1932, Hoover, the reluctant Prohibitionist, was defeated by Franklin D. Roosevelt, a reluctant anti-Prohibitionist; a year later, the country repealed the Eighteenth Amendment.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 21, 2015

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

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

As the Twenty-First Amendment, which would repeal the Eighteenth Amendment establishing Prohibition, moved towards ratification, this law authorized the manufacture of 3.2 percent beer and levied a tax on it.

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