Which amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages in the United States?

• A. Nineteenth Amendment
• B. Eighteenth Amendment
• C. Twenty-First Amendment
• D. Seventeenth Amendment

Answer: (B)

Prohibition is the idea being tested here—the amendment that banned making, selling, or distributing alcoholic beverages across the United States. This change was ratified in the aftermath of a long reform movement and took effect in the early 1920s, aiming to reduce social problems thought to be caused by alcohol. It led to a lot of underground trade and lawless activity as people found ways around the ban, showing that banning a substance doesn’t always eliminate demand. During the Great Depression, support for Prohibition faded, and it was repealed by another amendment that allowed alcohol again under legal regulations.

So, the amendment described is the one associated with Prohibition and the nationwide ban on producing and selling alcohol.