Which amendment established alcohol prohibition in the United States?

Which amendment established alcohol prohibition in the United States?

• A. 18th Amendment
• B. Prohibition
• C. 21st Amendment
• D. 19th Amendment

Answer: (A)

This question is testing your knowledge of which constitutional change established national Prohibition. The Eighteenth Amendment made it illegal to manufacture, sell, or transportation intoxicating liquors anywhere in the United States, creating the Prohibition era. It was ratified in 1919 and took effect soon after, marking the legal start of nationwide alcohol prohibition. Prohibition lasted until the Twenty-First Amendment in 1933, which repealed the Eighteenth and is the only amendment ever to repeal another. The other items refer either to rights granted (like women’s suffrage) or to the era itself as a policy, not to the constitutional mechanism that established Prohibition.

This question is testing your knowledge of which constitutional change established national Prohibition. The Eighteenth Amendment made it illegal to manufacture, sell, or transportation intoxicating liquors anywhere in the United States, creating the Prohibition era. It was ratified in 1919 and took effect soon after, marking the legal start of nationwide alcohol prohibition. Prohibition lasted until the Twenty-First Amendment in 1933, which repealed the Eighteenth and is the only amendment ever to repeal another. The other items refer either to rights granted (like women’s suffrage) or to the era itself as a policy, not to the constitutional mechanism that established Prohibition.