Prohibition, Definition, History, Eighteenth Amendment, & Repeal

Prohibition was legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1920 to 1933 under the Eighteenth Amendment. Despite this legislation, millions of Americans drank liquor illegally, giving rise to bootlegging, speakeasies, and a period of gangsterism.

Unintended Consequences, Prohibition, Ken Burns

Art Deco Society LA on X: Dec. 5, 1933 The 18th amendment was

Prohibition National WWI Museum and Memorial

Prohibition and the Penal State

Shadyside Public Library - This Day in History 1933 Prohibition

The 18th Amendment Began the Era of Prohibition

Prohibition and Its Effects AP US History Study Guide from The

January 2020 - History - U.S. Census Bureau

Unintended Consequences, Prohibition, Ken Burns