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.
Section 2
The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Section 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 from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
This amendment effectively banned any and all alcohol sales within the United States (and its territories). A major national movement that sought an end to what they saw as a most vile substance, Prohibitionists pushed and succeeded in passing this amendment, which turned out to merely be a lesson in the infringement of state's and citizen's rights. What do you think? Was this amendment good or not? Do you think that some reformed portion of this ban should be re-instituted? Tell me about it in the comments below!
A fantastic summary of the age of Prohibition, this video shows both the beginning and end of this movement.
Prohibition, far from decreasing criminal activity began a huge surge in it. As seen here by criminal Al Capone, the mobsters of the era grew their syndicates and increased their criminal activities.
For more information about this amendment, check this website out.
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