The 18th Amendment
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Eightenth Amendment Section 1. Ban on Alcohol: 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 puposes is hereby prohibted. The 21st. Amendment repealed it.(1933)
The 18th amendment was the prohibition (banning) of alcohol. It was repealed by the 21st amendment some years later. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution
"Dry America" was an expression used to describe the USA during prohibition (the period from 1920 to 1933 when the production, transportation and sale of intoxicating liquors was banned).
The 18th ammendment The ratification of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution in 1919, the federal government imposed a "one-size fits-all" policy on the country. The 18th Amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages into, out of, or within any State. Prohibition came to an end in 1933 with the ratification of the 21st Amendment.
The twenty First Amendment accomplished the end of prohibition