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18th Amendment to the United States Constitution
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/18th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:adoptedBy
January 16, 1919
gptkbp:appliesTo
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:effectiveOn
January 17, 1920
gptkbp:enforcedBy
gptkb:Volstead_Act
gptkbp:historicalSignificance
ushered in Prohibition era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
18th Amendment to the United States Constitution
gptkbp:influencedBy
temperance movement
gptkbp:nickname
gptkb:Prohibition_Amendment
gptkbp:number
18
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:prohibits
manufacture of intoxicating liquors
sale of intoxicating liquors
transportation of intoxicating liquors
gptkbp:proposedBy
December 18, 1917
gptkbp:ratifiedBy
gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:repeal
first and only constitutional amendment to be repealed in its entirety
gptkbp:repealedBy
gptkb:21st_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
December 5, 1933
gptkbp:subject
prohibition of alcoholic beverages
gptkbp:textBegins
After one year from the ratification of this article...
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:19th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkb:21st_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5