The Eighteenth Amendment

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The Eighteenth Amendment, also known as the Prohibition Amendment, was passed in 1919 and banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States. This amendment was repealed by the Twenty-First Amendment in 1933. Option A is incorrect because the federal income tax was instituted by the Sixteenth Amendment. Option B is incorrect because the direct election of senators was established by the Seventeenth Amendment. Option C is incorrect because women's suffrage was introduced by the Nineteenth Amendment.