Progressives finally succeeded in outlawing the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages with the passage of the ______ Amendment.

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The Eighteenth Amendment, which was ratified in 1919, prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States. It was a victory for the progressive movement's push for temperance and social purity. However, the Amendment was widely ignored and ultimately repealed by the Twenty-First Amendment in 1933.

Progressives Finally Succeeded in Outlawing the Manufacture, Sale, and Transportation