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Prohibition, legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages with the aim of obtaining partial or total abstinence through legal means. Most countries that have experimented with the ban have soon lifted it, including the United States. Learn more about prohibition.
On Jan. 16, 1919, the Prohibition amendment was passed, making St. Louis and all cities officially dry despite widespread flouting of the law. Gangs like Egan's Rats, Hogan's and the
News Journal archives from the week of Jan. 14 include Prohibition amendment ratified, Packers win first Super Bowl, American hostages free from Iran
In response to John Major's article, Congress cannot nullify a Constitutional Amendment. Remember, the Prohibition Amendment had to be canceled by another Constitutional Amendment, ratified by two-thirds of the states,