Event

Prohibition in the United States

1920–1933 · 20th century

Prohibition in the United States was the nationwide ban on the production, import and sale of alcoholic drinks from 1920 to 1933, under the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution. It encouraged bootlegging, smuggling and organised crime, with rum runners operating from the Bahamas, Canada and the Caribbean. It was repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment in December 1933.

Prohibition in the United States
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Mentioned in 2 state histories

Colony of the BahamasUnited States Virgin Islands

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Prohibition in the United States. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/prohibition-in-the-united-states
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“Prohibition in the United States.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/prohibition-in-the-united-states. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Prohibition in the United States.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/prohibition-in-the-united-states.
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