Eighteenth Amendment
(noun)
Amendment XVIII of the United States Constitution established the prohibition of alcohol in 1920.
(noun)
This constitutional amendment established prohibition of alcohol in 1920.
Examples of Eighteenth Amendment in the following topics:
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The 18th Amendment
- The Eighteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution established prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States.
- Following the 18th Amendment's adoption, prohibition effectively resulted in a public demand for illegal alcohol, making criminals of producers and consumers.
- State the practice or pastime made illegal by the 18th Amendment
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The 21st Amendment
- The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol on January 17, 1920.
- The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
- Joint Resolution Proposing the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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The Prohibition Movement
- Her influence was instrumental in the passage of the Eighteenth (Prohibition) and Nineteenth (Women Suffrage) Amendments to the United States Constitution.
- Prohibition was mandated under the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- The Eighteenth Amendment was repealed on December 5, 1933, with ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment to the U.S.
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Prohibition
- On October 28, 1919, the 18th Amendment to the U.S.
- The 18th Amendment had outlawed "intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes" but did not set a limit on alcohol content, which the Volstead Act did by establishing a limit of .5% alcohol per unit.
- On December 5, 1933, ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment repealed the Eighteenth Amendment.
- In a positive epilogue, however, the overall consumption of alcohol dropped and remained below pre-Prohibition levels long after the Eighteenth Amendment ceased to be law.
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Features of Progressivism
- The Seventeenth Amendment was ratified in 1913, requiring that all senators be elected by the people, instead of by state legislatures.
- In 1913, the Sixteenth Amendment was ratified, and a small income tax imposed on high incomes.
- The Eighteenth Amendment banned the manufacturing, sale and transport of alcohol.
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The 19th Amendment
- The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex.
- The 19th Amendment recognized the right of American women to vote.
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The First Amendment
- The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights.
- State the restrictions imposed upon the federal government and the rights accorded individuals by the 1st Amendment
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The Second Amendment
- The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights that protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms.
- Ideals that helped to inspire the Second Amendment in part are symbolized by the minutemen.
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The 16th Amendment
- The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on Census results.
- State the source of revenue made constitutional by the 16th Amendment
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The Third Amendment
- The Third Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits, in peacetime or wartime, the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent.
- The Third Amendment protects citizens against the quartering of soldiers in private homes.