Beer Atlas · place
Time Cellar · regulatory change
United States national Prohibition begins
National Prohibition took effect in the United States in January 1920, banning manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating beverages under the federal regime.
Chronology
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17 January 1920 · precision: exact date · not marked approximate
Claim boundary
This event is U.S.-specific and summarizes the federal prohibition regime; state and local legal histories were more complex.
Historical context
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Tier A · archive museum
Prohibition: a concise history — Smithsonian Libraries record
Smithsonian Institution
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historical era
U.S. Prohibition & Regulatory Realignment
A United States-specific era covering national Prohibition and its repeal.
Navigation heuristic: 38. semantic 16 + evidence 4 + verification 6 + confidence 6 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
occurred_during · forward
United States national Prohibition begins — occurred during → U.S. Prohibition & Regulatory Realignment.
Historical event falls within an era. BEU places this anchor inside the scoped us prohibition realignment navigation era.
Evidence: Prohibition: a concise history — Smithsonian Libraries record
place
United States
Navigation heuristic: 38. semantic 16 + evidence 4 + verification 6 + confidence 6 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
occurred_in · forward
United States national Prohibition begins — occurred in → United States.
Historical event occurred in a place. Location context for us prohibition begins 1920.
Evidence: Prohibition: a concise history — Smithsonian Libraries record