Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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amendment to the United States Constitution constitutional amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was the 1919 amendment that established nationwide Prohibition by banning the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages.

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Label	Occurrences
Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution canonical	18
Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution	2
18th Amendment to the United States Constitution	1
Eighteenth Amendment	1
Prohibition Amendment	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T600267 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Context triple: [Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, followedBy, Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution]

A. Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the 1920 constitutional change that prohibited denying the right to vote on the basis of sex, effectively guaranteeing women’s suffrage nationwide.
B. Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1913, authorized the federal government to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the U.S. Census.
C. Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is the amendment that granted residents of Washington, D.C. the right to participate in presidential elections by allocating them Electoral College votes.
D. Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the constitutional provision that limits individuals to being elected U.S. president no more than twice, thereby formalizing presidential term limits.
E. Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established the direct popular election of U.S. senators, replacing their selection by state legislatures.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Target entity description: The Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was the 1919 amendment that established nationwide Prohibition by banning the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages.

A. Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the 1920 constitutional change that prohibited denying the right to vote on the basis of sex, effectively guaranteeing women’s suffrage nationwide.
B. Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1913, authorized the federal government to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the U.S. Census.
C. Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is the amendment that granted residents of Washington, D.C. the right to participate in presidential elections by allocating them Electoral College votes.
D. Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the constitutional provision that limits individuals to being elected U.S. president no more than twice, thereby formalizing presidential term limits.
E. Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established the direct popular election of U.S. senators, replacing their selection by state legislatures.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ constitutional amendment ⓘ
amendmentNumber	18 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn	1920-01-17 ⓘ
causeOf	Prohibition era in the United States ⓘ
constitutionalChangeType	restriction on individual and commercial behavior ⓘ
constitutionalLawArea	criminal law ⓘ federalism in the United States ⓘ police powers of the states ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
documentType	legal text ⓘ
effect	established nationwide Prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States ⓘ
followedBy	Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
hasEffectOn	United States tax revenues from alcohol ⓘ alcohol industry in the United States ⓘ organized crime in the United States ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Progressive Era ⓘ
implementedBy	National Prohibition Act ⓘ
influencedBy	Anti-Saloon League ⓘ Woman's Christian Temperance Union ⓘ temperance movement in the United States ⓘ linked to: temperance movement
language	English ⓘ
legalConcept	constitutional prohibition of intoxicating liquors ⓘ
legalStatus	repealed ⓘ
locationOfLegalJurisdiction	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
nicknamed	Prohibition Amendment ⓘ linked to: Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
partOf	United States Constitution ⓘ
precededBy	Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
prohibited	manufacture of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes ⓘ sale of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes ⓘ transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes ⓘ
proposedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
proposedOn	1917-12-18 ⓘ
ratificationMethod	ratification by state legislatures ⓘ
ratifiedOn	1919-01-16 ⓘ
relatedTo	Volstead Act ⓘ linked to: National Prohibition Act
repealedBy	Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ linked to: Twenty-First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
repealedOn	1933-12-05 ⓘ
section1ContentSummary	prohibits manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes within, into, or from the United States and its territories ⓘ
section2ContentSummary	grants concurrent power to Congress and the states to enforce the article by appropriate legislation ⓘ
section3ContentSummary	sets a seven-year deadline for ratification by the states ⓘ
sectionCount	3 ⓘ
shortName	Eighteenth Amendment ⓘ linked to: Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
subject	Prohibition in the United States ⓘ
textSectionCount	3 ⓘ
timeLimitForRatification	7 years ⓘ
topic	alcohol regulation in the United States ⓘ

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