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The Eighteenth Amendment (Amendment XVIII) of the United States Constitution effectively established the prohibition of Alcoholic Beverages in the United States by declaring the production, transport, and sale of alcohol (though not the consumption or private possession) illegal. The Amendment was the first to set a time delay before it would take effect following ratification, and the first to set a time limit for its ratification by the states. Its ratification was certified on January 16, 1919, with the amendment taking effect on January 16, 1920.The amendment was repealed in 1933 by ratification of the Twenty-First Amendment, the only instance in United States history that a constitutional amendment was repealed in its entirety.
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Which amendment banned manufacture and transportation of intoxicating liquors?
The 18th Amendment
Which amendment was prohibition?
The 18th Amendment
Amendment outlawing liquor sales?
18th amendment : prohibition.
Which amendment enforced prohibition?
The 18th amendment
Which is the only amendment that was used to repeal a previously ratified amendment?
You are probably referring to the 21st Amendment, which ended Prohibition. The 18th amendment to the Constitution (1919) made it illegal to manufacture, sell or distribute alcoholic beverages. It was supposed to reduce alcoholism and lower crime rates (many crimes were related to drunkenness), but it turned out to be a very unpopular law, as well as a law that was nearly impossible to enforce. By 1933, the 21st Amendment had repealed it.
