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Prohibition (THE BETTMANN ARCHIVE)

Prohibition, legal ban on the manufacture and sale of intoxicating drink; by extension, the term also denotes those periods in history when such...

Temperance, term commonly applied to organized efforts to temper or abstain from the use of alcoholic beverages. In order to achieve their aims,...

Beginning of Prohibition: The Times Report*

Thirteen months after Congress passed the 18th Amendment, Nebraska became the 36th state to ratify it on January 16, 1919. With the ratification...

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Prohibition (THE BETTMANN ARCHIVE)

- forbidding of something: the act or process of forbidding something
- order that forbids: an act or order that forbids something
- court order: an order from a superior court that forbids an inferior court to decide on a matter beyond its jurisdiction.
- outlawing of trade in alcoholic beverages: a policy...

- period of banning alcoholic beverages: in the United States, the period between 1919 and 1933 during which the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages was forbidden

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	Advertisement Windows Live® Search Results Prohibition Spartacus, USA History, British History, Second World War, First World War, Germany, Prohibition of alcohol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Prohibition of alcohol, often shortened to the term prohibition, also known as Dry Law, refers to a sumptuary law in a given jurisdiction which prohibits alcohol. Prohibition in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In the United States, the term Prohibition refers to the period 1920 to 1933, during which the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol for consumption were banned ... See all search results in Windows Live® Search Results

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