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  2. Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    The Eighteenth Amendment was repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment on December 5, 1933, making it the only constitutional amendment in American history to be repealed. The Eighteenth Amendment was the product of decades of efforts by the temperance movement, which held that a ban on the sale of alcohol would ameliorate poverty and other ...

  3. Repeal of Prohibition in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1919, the requisite number of state legislatures ratified the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, enabling national prohibition one year later. Many women, notably members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, were pivotal in bringing about national Prohibition in the United States, believing it would protect families, women, and children from the effects of alcohol ...

  4. Prohibition in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Prohibition era was the period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. [1] The alcohol industry was curtailed by a succession of state legislatures, and Prohibition was formally introduced nationwide under the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified on January 16, 1919.

  5. America banned the sale of alcohol in the early 1900s. Here's ...

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    The 18th Amendment was the amendment frequently referred to as the “Prohibition Amendment.” It was ratified by the states on Jan. 16, 1919. The 21st Amendment, ratified in early 1933, repealed ...

  6. Blaine Act - Wikipedia

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    Surprisingly, the subcommittee report even called modification of the 18th Amendment useless. [21] Three days later, a bipartisan group of 38 senators surprised the Senate by signing a letter demanding a vote to modify or repeal the 18th Amendment. [22] The letter referred to four resolutions before Blaine's subcommittee.

  7. Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    It is unique among the 27 amendments of the U.S. Constitution for being the only one to repeal a prior amendment, as well as being the only amendment to have been ratified by state ratifying conventions. The Eighteenth Amendment was ratified on January 16, 1919, after years of advocacy by the temperance movement.

  8. Volstead Act - Wikipedia

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    In February 1933, Congress passed the Blaine Act, a proposed constitutional amendment to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment to end prohibition. On December 5, 1933, Utah became the 36th state to ratify the Twenty-first Amendment, which repealed the Eighteenth Amendment, voiding the Volstead Act and restoring control of alcohol to the states. [29]

  9. House Republicans now have one of the smallest majorities in ...

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    Congress passed the Selective Service Act in May 1917 that set up the draft, sent the 18th Amendment to the states prohibiting the sale of alcohol and passed multiple bills authorizing war bonds ...