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jan 16, 1919 - 18th Amendment

Description:

- The Eighteenth Amendment declared the production, transport, and sale of intoxicating liquors illegal, though it did not outlaw the actual consumption of alcohol
- Shortly after the amendment was ratified, Congress passed the Volstead Act to provide for the federal enforcement of Prohibition

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Date:

jan 16, 1919
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~ 106 years ago