Which constitutional amendment established nationwide Prohibition?

Which constitutional amendment established nationwide Prohibition?

• A. The 19th Amendment
• B. The 18th Amendment
• C. The 21st Amendment
• D. The 20th Amendment

Answer: (B)

Nationwide Prohibition was established by the eighteenth amendment, which banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors. Ratified in 1919, it put a nationwide ban in place as part of the Progressive Era temperance movement. It remained in effect until the twenty-first amendment repealed it in 1933. The other amendments address different issues—women’s suffrage, presidential term changes, and later repeal—so they did not create the Prohibition policy.

Nationwide Prohibition was established by the eighteenth amendment, which banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors. Ratified in 1919, it put a nationwide ban in place as part of the Progressive Era temperance movement. It remained in effect until the twenty-first amendment repealed it in 1933. The other amendments address different issues—women’s suffrage, presidential term changes, and later repeal—so they did not create the Prohibition policy.