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Bookmark or Share- Prohibition in the United States - WikipediaProhibition ended with the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment, which repealed the Eighteenth Amendment on December 5, 1933. Led by Pietistic Protestants, prohibitionists first attempted to end the trade in alcoholic drinks during the 19th century.
- Prohibition - WikipediaProhibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law; more particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacture, storage (whether in barrels or in bottles), transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic beverages. The word is also used to refer to a period of time during which such bans are enforced.
- Volstead Act - WikipediaThe National Prohibition Act, known informally as the Volstead Act, was an act of the 66th United States Congress designed to execute the 18th Amendment (ratified January 1919) which established the prohibition of alcoholic drinks.
- Prohibition Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterThe meaning of PROHIBITION is the act of prohibiting by authority. How to use prohibition in a sentence.
- Prohibition | Definition, History, Eighteenth Amendment, & Repeal ...Prohibition, legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1920 to 1933 under the terms of the Eighteenth Amendment.
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