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  1. Prohibition in the United States - Wikipedia

    The Prohibition era was the period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. [1]

  2. Prohibition | Definition, History, Eighteenth Amendment ...

    Dec 7, 2025 · Prohibition, legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1920 to 1933 under the terms of the Eighteenth …

  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. 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.

  6. Prohibition and Its Effects | Gilder Lehrman Institute of ...

    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 …

  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 - U-S-History.com

    Prohibition On January 16, 1920 the United States embarked on one of its greatest social experiments—the effort to prohibit within its borders the manufacture and sale of alcoholic …

  9. Prohibition: Topics in Chronicling America - Library of Congress

    On January 16, 1919, States ratified the 18th Amendment ushering in the Prohibition Era. This guide provides access to material related to the "Prohibition Amendment" in the Chronicling …

  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.