Passage of the Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition)
GPTKB entity
Statements (22)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:historical_event
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| gptkbp:amendedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Constitution
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| gptkbp:date |
1917-12-18
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| gptkbp:enforcedBy |
gptkb:Volstead_Act
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Passage of the Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition)
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| gptkbp:ledTo |
rise of organized crime
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| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:United_States
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| gptkbp:numberInConstitution |
18
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| gptkbp:opposedBy |
alcohol industry
many urban populations |
| gptkbp:prohibits |
manufacture of alcoholic beverages
sale of alcoholic beverages transportation of alcoholic beverages |
| gptkbp:ratifiedBy |
1919-01-16
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| gptkbp:repealedBy |
gptkb:Twenty-first_Amendment
1933-12-05 |
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
Prohibition era
|
| gptkbp:sponsor |
Senator Andrew Volstead
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| gptkbp:startDate |
1920-01-17
|
| gptkbp:supportedBy |
temperance movement
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:1919_in_American_law
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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