Eighteenth Amendment Passed

Date: December 18, 1917 • Location: Shaw, United States

The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.

The Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States. The amendment was proposed by Congress on December 18, 1917, and ratified by the requisite number of states on January 16, 1919. The Eighteenth Amendment was repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment on December 5, 1933, making it the only constitutional amendment in American history to be repealed.