The Volstead Act was a law in force in the US between 1919 and 1933 governing alcohol prohibition, its name is Andrew Volstead, the MP who formulated the bill. Stored by wikitesto
The prohibition, imposed in the United States of America with the 18th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, was ratified on 28 October 1919 and entered into force on 16 January 1920; established the ban on the manufacture, sale and import of alcoholic products, and prohibited the sale and consumption of alcohol in bars.
The Volstead Act is considered to be the birth act of a troubled period that saw the rise of mafia empires built around alcohol smuggling. This act aimed at moralizing American society was therefore the source of gangster fortunes such as Al Capone, for which prohibition was an unexpected opportunity. The Bureau of Prohibition was the federal agency formed to enforce and enforce this law.
The Volstead Act was amended on February 17, 1933 by the Blaine Act, which allowed to restore the sale of slightly alcoholic beverages such as beer. When the 21st amendment put an end to prohibition, the Volstead Act ceased to exist. Voices correlateemodify wikitesto Links externalize the wikitesto
(EN) The Volstead Act and Related Prohibition Documents
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