National Prohibition Act

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The National Prohibition Act, commonly known as the Volstead Act, was the U.S. federal law that defined and enforced the nationwide ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the early 20th century.

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instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
prohibition law ⓘ
allowed use of alcohol for industrial purposes ⓘ
use of alcohol for medicinal purposes ⓘ
use of alcohol for sacramental purposes ⓘ
Andrew VolsteadPosition Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 27 of the United States Code (historically) ⓘ
countryOfJurisdiction United States of America ⓘ
createdAgency Bureau of Prohibition ⓘ
dateEnacted 1919-10-28 ⓘ
definedIntoxicatingLiquorAs beverages containing more than 0.5 percent alcohol by volume ⓘ
definesTerm intoxicating liquor ⓘ
effect criminalization of commercial alcohol trade ⓘ
expansion of organized crime related to alcohol ⓘ
growth of illegal alcohol production and distribution ⓘ
increase in bootlegging ⓘ
rise of speakeasies ⓘ
enabledBy Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
enforcedBy Bureau of Prohibition ⓘ
United States Treasury Department ⓘ
geographicScope U.S. territories subject to federal law ⓘ
continental United States ⓘ
hasAlias Volstead Act ⓘ
historicalEra early 20th century ⓘ
implements Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
legalForm public law ⓘ
legislativeChamberOfOrigin United States House of Representatives ⓘ
namedAfter Andrew Volstead ⓘ
partOfPeriod Prohibition era in the United States ⓘ
prohibited exportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes ⓘ
importation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes ⓘ
manufacture of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes ⓘ
sale of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes ⓘ
transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes ⓘ
relatedTo Anti-Saloon League ⓘ
Women’s Christian Temperance Union ⓘ
temperance movement in the United States ⓘ
repealedBy Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
repealedOn 1933-12-05 ⓘ
signedBy Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
sponsor Andrew Volstead ⓘ
subjectMatter prohibition of alcoholic beverages ⓘ
regulation of intoxicating liquors ⓘ
tookEffectOn 1920-01-17 ⓘ
typeOfRestriction nationwide ban on alcoholic beverages for beverage use ⓘ
vetoedBy Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
vetoOverriddenBy United States Congress ⓘ

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Prohibition era in the United States → legalBasis → National Prohibition Act ⓘ
Prohibition era in the United States → legalBasis → Volstead Act ⓘ
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Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → relatedTo → Volstead Act ⓘ
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Twenty-First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution → relatedTo → Volstead Act ⓘ
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National Prohibition Act → hasAlias → Volstead Act ⓘ
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Bureau of Prohibition → hasCause → National Prohibition Act ⓘ
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Bureau of Prohibition → legalBasis → National Prohibition Act ⓘ
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment → opposedLegislation → Volstead Act ⓘ
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Webb–Kenyon Act → relatedTo → National Prohibition Act ⓘ
George Remus → associatedWith → U.S. Prohibition laws (Volstead Act) ⓘ
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Anti-Saloon League → supported → Volstead Act ⓘ
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Prohibition Party → influencedPolicy → Volstead Act ⓘ
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Andrew Volstead → sponsored → National Prohibition Act ⓘ
Report on Lawlessness in Law Enforcement → relatedTo → Volstead Act ⓘ
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Isadore "Izzy" Einstein → enforcedLaw → Volstead Act ⓘ
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Dry agents → legalBasis → Volstead Act ⓘ
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