In 1581, the English Parliament outlawed Roman Catholicism. In 1919, the United States went legally "dry" when the 36th state ratified the 18th Amendment. Prohibition went into effect one year later ...

Five years of Prohibition By Sen. Morris Sheppard Author of the 18th Amendment January 16th marked five years of national prohibition. In every national election since nation-wide prohibition went ...

One hundred and five years after its implementation, and 92 years after it was repealed, alcohol consumption remains a ...

On January 17, 1920, the nation began a period of prohibition that lasted longer than Boston's newspapers had anticipated.

President Biden declared that the Equal Rights Amendment, which states that "Equality of Rights under the law shall not be ...

Today’s sober-curious, by contrast, post on Instagram about how Dry January has reduced their inflammation, sharpened their ...

2) In December 1917, the 18th Amendment was passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification. 3) Nine months after Prohibition’s ratification, Congress passed the Volstead Act ...

Prohibition became part of the basic law of the United States today. Ratification of the federal amendment by the legislature of Nebraska makes that measure the eighteenth amendment to the federal ...

Stagg Distillery) while the 18th Amendment was still in effect ... Blanton, who guided it through Prohibition,” Harlen Wheatley, Buffalo Trace Master Distiller said in a press release. “The ...

Prohibition of alcohol began in the United States as the Volstead Act went into effect in support of the 18th Amendment.

Prohibition in the United States ... Though it was not illegal to drink or privately consume alcohol, the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution did outlaw the sale, manufacturing and ...