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Eighteenth
Amendment
Proposed
on December 18, 1917. Ratified on January 16, 1919.
Sect.
1. After one year from the ratification of
this article the manufacture, sale or
transportation of intoxicating liquors
within, the importation thereof into, or
the exportation thereof from the United
States and all territory subject to the
jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes
is hereby prohibited.
Sect.
2. The Congress and the several States
shall have concurrent power to enforce
this article by appropriate legislation.
Sect.
3. This article shall be inoperative
unless it shall have been ratified as an
amendment to the Constitution by the
legislatures of the several States, as
provided in the Constitution, within seven
years of the date of the submission hereof
to the States by Congress.
Order
of State Ratification
| Mississippi |
Jan
8, 1918 |
Virginia |
Jan
11, 1918 |
| Kentucky |
Jan
14, 1918 |
North
Dakota |
Jan
25, 1918 |
| South
Carolina |
Jan
29, 1918 |
Maryland |
Feb
13, 1918 |
| Montana |
Feb
19, 1918 |
Texas |
Mar
4, 1918 |
| Delaware |
Mar
18, 1918 |
South
Dakota |
Mar
20, 1918 |
| Massachusetts |
Apr
2, 1918 |
Arizona |
May
24, 1918 |
| Georgia |
Jun
26, 1918 |
Louisiana |
Aug
3, 1918 |
| Florida |
Dec
3, 1918 |
Michigan |
Jan
2, 1919 |
| Ohio |
Jan
7, 1919 |
Oklahoma |
Jan
7, 1919 |
| Idaho |
Jan
8, 1919 |
Maine |
Jan
8, 1919 |
| West
Virginia |
Jan
9, 1919 |
California |
Jan
13, 1919 |
| Tennessee |
Jan
13, 1919 |
Washington |
Jan
13, 1919 |
| Arkansas |
Jan
14, 1919 |
Kansas |
Jan
14, 1919 |
| Alabama |
Jan
15, 1919 |
Colorado |
Jan
15, 1919 |
| Iowa |
Jan
15, 1919 |
New
Hampshire |
Jan
15, 1919 |
| Oregon |
Jan
15, 1919 |
Nebraska |
Jan
16, 1919 |
| North
Carolina |
Jan
16, 1919 |
Utah |
Jan
16, 1919 |
| Missouri |
Jan
16, 1919 |
Wyoming |
Jan
16, 1919 |
| Minnesota |
Jan
17, 1919 |
Wisconsin |
Jan
17, 1919 |
| New
Mexico |
Jan
20, 1919 |
Nevada |
Jan
21, 1919 |
| New
York |
Jan
29, 1919 |
Vermont |
Jan
29, 1919 |
| Pennsylvania |
Feb
25, 1919 |
Connecticut |
May
6, 1919 |
| New
Jersey |
Mar
9, 1922 |
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last state required for ratification. |
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Court
Cases |
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Craig
v. Boren, 429 U.S. 190 |
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References
and Articles |
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Annotations
Report
on the Enforcement of the Prohibition Laws of the
United States
Repealing
National Prohibition
Prohibition
of Intoxicating Liquors
Prohibition:
a Lesson in the Futility (And Danger) of Prohibiting
The
Failure of Prohibition
From
Prohibition to Regulation
Prohibition
Bars
All Closed Their Doors
1932
Prohibition Party Platform
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