Prohibition was prompted by the success of women's suffrage which was very vocal in its support of prohibition in combination with the nation's average alcohol intake which - counting 'hard' (80 proof) liquor alone - amounted to almost two bottles a week per family
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Amendment 18 is known as the prohibition amendment.
The Senate proposed the Eighteenth Amendment on December 18, 1917. Having been approved by 36 states, the 18th Amendment was ratified on January 16, 1919 and effected on January 17, 1920
Amendment number 18.
The 18th Amendment
Alcohol and the 21st amendment reversed this.