Pre - Prohibition
Pre-Prohibition 1880 - 1920
Prohibition - 1920-1933
Nationwide Prohibition lasted from 1920 until 1933. 13 Years! The Eighteenth Amendment Illegalized the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol—was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1917. In 1919 the amendment was ratified by the three-quarters of the nation's states required to make it constitutional.