The 18th Amendment states that "...[it prohibits] the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to teh jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes..." and that "congress..... shall have concurrent power to enforce this article...
One of the results of the 18th Amendment was the founding of bootleggers, which were people who smuggled liquor into the US through placing the liquor into boots, and selling to the public.
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