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Q: Should the US have enacted the prohibition amendment?
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What is 18th amendment?

The numbered amendments usually refer to the changes (additions) made to the Constitution of the United States of America. The 18th Amendment is therefore the 18th change to this constitution - I believe this one banned alcohol the "prohibition amendment" (it was later repealed - (reversed)).


What amendment established prohibition inside the US?

18th Amendment


Is prohibition of alcohol formal or informal amendment?

It was a formal amendment to the US Constituteion.


What did the 18th amendment establish?

The 18th amendment established Prohibition of alcohol in the US.


18th amendment prohibition ratified treaty of Versailles?

No. It created National Prohibition in the US.


Was Prohibition repealed by the 21st Amendment to the US Constitution?

Yes. The Twenty-first Amendment repealed the Eighteenth Amendment (often called the Prohibition Amendment) in 1933.The National Prohibition Act (or Volstead Act) of 1919 provided for enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment, but was not part of the Amendment itself.


How was prohibition overturned?

By the 21st Amendment to the US Constitution.


Which amendment ended or replealed an earlier amendment?

The 21st Amendment to the the US constitution repealed the 18th Amendment (which was Prohibition).


Which amendment passed for the progressive reform was later repealed?

The Prohibition of Alcohol


What amendment was responsible for prohibition?

The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution.


What amendment to the US Constitution was later repealed?

the 18th ammendment/prohibition


Did prohibition violate the first amendment?

It could be argued that prohibition violated the freedom of religion guaranteed by the First Amendment. However, according to multiple state supreme court decisions going back to 1855, prohibition laws were a violation of the US Constitution. This is why The 18th Amendment needed to be written to enact prohibition.