"No person shall on or after the date when the eighteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States goes into effect, manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, furnish or possess any intoxicating liquor except as authorized in this Act... The word 'liquor' or the phrase 'intoxicating liquor' shall be construed to include alcohol, brandy, whisky, rum, gin, beer, ale, porter, and wine." — Volstead Act (National Prohibition Act), 1919
Prohibition was repealed by the
- Acheck_circle
21st Amendment (1933)
- B
20th Amendment (1933)
- C
22nd Amendment (1951)
- D
19th Amendment (1920)
Explanation
The 21st Amendment, ratified in December 1933, repealed the 18th—the only constitutional amendment ever to undo a prior amendment.