Question

When the 18th Amendment was ratified in 1919, it was illegal to make, sell, or ship alcohol throughout the United States. This time period was known as Prohibition and existed until 1933 when the 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment. Which of the following describes prohibition in South Carolina?
A.
South Carolina remained neutral on the issue of prohibition and was neither for it nor against it.
B.
South Carolina had its own prohibition laws several years before national prohibition went into effect.
C.
The state did not agree with the national prohibition law and chose not to enforce it within the state.
D.
South Carolina was the first state to ratify the 21st Amendment which repealed prohibition.

Answer 1

A. 
South Carolina remained neutral on the issue of prohibition and was neither for it nor against it.