The eighteenth
article of
amendment to
the Constitution of the United States of America was
ratified January 16, 1919. It was
repealed by the
twenty-first article of amendment.
Section 1. 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.
See also:
Amendment I,
Amendment II,
Amendment III,
Amendment IV,
Amendment V,
Amendment VI,
Amendment VII,
Amendment VIII,
Amendment IX,
Amendment X,
Amendment XI,
Amendment XII,
Amendment XIII,
Amendment XIV,
Amendment XV,
Amendment XVI,
Amendment XVII,
Amendment XIX,
Amendment XX,
Amendment XXI,
Amendment XXII,
Amendment XXIII,
Amendment XXIV,
Amendment XXV,
Amendment XXVI,
Amendment XXVII