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Prohibition
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CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AMENDMENT XVIII
Passed by Congress December 18, 1917. Ratified January 16, 1919. (Altered by Amendment 21)
After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating
liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all
territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.
The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate
legislation.
This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution
by the Legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the
date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
Amendment XXI (Repeal of Prohibition) Passed by Congress February 20, 1933 Ratified December 5, 1933
Nip87
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AMENDMENT XVIII
Passed by Congress December 18, 1917. Ratified January 16, 1919. (Altered by Amendment 21)
After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating
liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all
territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.
The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate
legislation.
This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution
by the Legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the
date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
Amendment XXI (Repeal of Prohibition) Passed by Congress February 20, 1933 Ratified December 5, 1933
