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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Predicate Object
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 Department of the Treasury
surface form: United States Treasury Department
geographicScope U.S. territories subject to federal law
continental United States
hasAlias National Prohibition Act self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
surface form: Women’s Christian Temperance Union

temperance movement in the United States
repealedBy Twenty-First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
surface form: 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 National Prohibition Act
this entity surface form: Volstead Act
temperance movement influenced National Prohibition Act
this entity surface form: Volstead Act
Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution relatedTo National Prohibition Act
this entity surface form: Volstead Act
Twenty-First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution relatedTo National Prohibition Act
this entity surface form: Volstead Act
National Prohibition Act hasAlias National Prohibition Act self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Volstead Act
Bureau of Prohibition hasCause National Prohibition Act
Bureau of Prohibition legalBasis National Prohibition Act
this entity surface form: Volstead Act
Bureau of Prohibition legalBasis National Prohibition Act
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment opposedLegislation National Prohibition Act
this entity surface form: Volstead Act
Webb–Kenyon Act relatedTo National Prohibition Act
George Remus associatedWith National Prohibition Act
this entity surface form: U.S. Prohibition laws (Volstead Act)
Anti-Saloon League supported National Prohibition Act
this entity surface form: Volstead Act