Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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amendment to the United States Constitution constitutional amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was the 1919 amendment that established nationwide Prohibition by banning the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
18th Amendment to the United States Constitution	1
Eighteenth Amendment	1
Prohibition Amendment	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ constitutional amendment ⓘ
amendmentNumber	18 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn	1920-01-17 ⓘ
causeOf	Prohibition era in the United States ⓘ
constitutionalChangeType	restriction on individual and commercial behavior ⓘ
constitutionalLawArea	criminal law ⓘ federalism in the United States ⓘ police powers of the states ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
documentType	legal text ⓘ
effect	established nationwide Prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States ⓘ
followedBy	Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
hasEffectOn	United States tax revenues from alcohol ⓘ alcohol industry in the United States ⓘ organized crime in the United States ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Progressive Era ⓘ
implementedBy	National Prohibition Act ⓘ
influencedBy	Anti-Saloon League ⓘ Woman's Christian Temperance Union ⓘ temperance movement ⓘ surface form: temperance movement in the United States
language	English ⓘ
legalConcept	constitutional prohibition of intoxicating liquors ⓘ
legalStatus	repealed ⓘ
locationOfLegalJurisdiction	United States federal government NERFINISHED ⓘ
nicknamed	Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Prohibition Amendment
partOf	United States Constitution ⓘ
precededBy	Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
prohibited	manufacture of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes ⓘ sale of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes ⓘ transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes ⓘ
proposedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
proposedOn	1917-12-18 ⓘ
ratificationMethod	ratification by state legislatures ⓘ
ratifiedOn	1919-01-16 ⓘ
relatedTo	National Prohibition Act ⓘ surface form: Volstead Act
repealedBy	Twenty-First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ⓘ surface form: Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution
repealedOn	1933-12-05 ⓘ
section1ContentSummary	prohibits manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes within, into, or from the United States and its territories ⓘ
section2ContentSummary	grants concurrent power to Congress and the states to enforce the article by appropriate legislation ⓘ
section3ContentSummary	sets a seven-year deadline for ratification by the states ⓘ
sectionCount	3 ⓘ
shortName	Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Eighteenth Amendment
subject	Prohibition in the United States ⓘ
textSectionCount	3 ⓘ
timeLimitForRatification	7 years ⓘ
topic	alcohol regulation in the United States ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → followedBy → Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

temperance movement → influenced → Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Prohibition era in the United States → legalBasis → Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → nicknamed → Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prohibition Amendment

Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → precededBy → Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → shortName → Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eighteenth Amendment

Progressive Era → significantEvent → Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution