Amendment: An addition or change made to the U.S. Constitution. Amendments can repeal previous amendments or modify existing constitutional provisions.
Voting Rights Act of 1965: A landmark law that prohibited racial discrimination in voting by repealing various discriminatory practices used to disenfranchise African Americans.
Prohibition: Referring specifically to the era from 1920-1933, when the 18th Amendment banned the production, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States before being repealed by the 21st Amendment.