In what years was Prohibition in effect in the United States?

In what years was Prohibition in effect in the United States?

• A. 1918-1932
• B. 1919-1933
• C. 1920-1933
• D. 1925-1939

Answer: (B)

Prohibition is the period when the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages were illegal in the United States, created by the 18th Amendment and the Volstead Act, and it lasted from the time the amendment was ratified to when it was repealed. The 18th Amendment was ratified in 1919, and Prohibition ended in 1933 when the 21st Amendment repealed it. So, the span that includes those endpoints—1919 to 1933—best reflects the era from ratification through repeal. The other ranges either start after the amendment was already in place, end before repeal, or extend past the repeal, and therefore don’t align with the actual timeline.

Prohibition is the period when the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages were illegal in the United States, created by the 18th Amendment and the Volstead Act, and it lasted from the time the amendment was ratified to when it was repealed. The 18th Amendment was ratified in 1919, and Prohibition ended in 1933 when the 21st Amendment repealed it. So, the span that includes those endpoints—1919 to 1933—best reflects the era from ratification through repeal. The other ranges either start after the amendment was already in place, end before repeal, or extend past the repeal, and therefore don’t align with the actual timeline.