Prohibition of intoxicating liquors
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After one year from the 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.
Proposal and ratification: The eighteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States was proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the Sixty-fifth Congress, on the 18th of December, 1917, and was declared, in a proclamation of the Secretary of State, dated the 29th of January, 1919, to have been ratified by the legislatures of 36 of the 48 States. was completed on January 16, 1919.
Simplified explanation
One year after ratification, the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, and their importation into or exportation from, the United States and its territory for beverage purposes is prohibited.