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Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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Amendment XVIII (the Eighteenth Amendment) of the United States Constitution, with the passage of the Volstead Act (which defined "intoxicating liquors"), established Prohibition. It was repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. It was ratified and became law on January 16, 1919. It states:
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