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  1. Prohibition in the United States - Wikipedia

    Prohibition ended with the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment, which repealed the Eighteenth Amendment on December 5, 1933. A wide coalition of mostly Protestants, …

  2. Prohibition | Definition, History, Eighteenth Amendment,

    Nov 25, 2025 · 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.

  3. Prohibition: Years, Amendment and Definition - HISTORY

    Oct 29, 2009 · The Prohibition Era began in 1920 when the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which banned the manufacture, transportation and sale of intoxicating liquors, …

  4. Prohibition: A Case Study of Progressive Reform

    Herbert Hoover called prohibition a "noble experiment," but the effort to regulate people's behavior soon ran into trouble. Enforcement of prohibition became very difficult.

  5. Prohibition ended 92 years ago today: Here’s what it

    1 day ago · Prohibition ended 92 years ago today: Here’s what it looked like in Detroit Michigan banned alcohol 3 years prior to national Prohibition

  6. Roots of Prohibition | Prohibition | Ken Burns | PBS

    The story of the rise, rule, and fall of prohibition and the entire era it encompassed. Learn more about the temperance movement and more on this page.

  7. Prohibition Era in the United States - World History Edu

    Jul 13, 2024 · Prohibition (1920-1933) banned alcohol, spurred organized crime and speakeasies, and ended with the 21st Amendment's repeal.

  8. Prohibition and Its Effects | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American …

    The Prohibition Amendment had profound consequences: it made brewing and distilling illegal, expanded state and federal government, inspired new forms of sociability between men and …

  9. The Prohibition Era: A Closer Look at the 1920s

    The Prohibition Era, spanning from 1920 to 1933, was a significant chapter in American history marked by a nationwide ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of …

  10. Why Prohibition? | Prohibition

    Prohibition in the United States was a measure designed to reduce drinking by eliminating the businesses that manufactured, distributed, and sold alcoholic beverages.