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The Volstead Act provided enforcement
Andrew Volstead is best remembered as the author of the Volstead Act (officially known as the National Prohibition Act of 1919), which permitted enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (the Prohibition Amendment). The Volstead Act was vetoed by President Woodrow Wilson but overridden by Congress. It appears that the author of the bill was largely Wayne Wheeler, the de facto leader of the Anti-Saloon League. It was Wheeler who conceived and largely drafted the bill, although Volstead denied that assertion. Volstead was chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and it was his job to sponsor the legislation. Nevertheless, Prohibition transformed the name of an otherwise obscure legislator from Minnesota into a household word. The name Volstead was cursed by some, praised by others, but known by all.
The Volstead Act is the name of the actual statute that spelled out how the Eighteenth Amendment prohibiting alcohol was to be implemented.The Volstead Act.
1922
It was the Volstead Act.
The Volstead Act provided enforcement
this was prohibition - not having alcohol
Amendments to the Constitution are usually phrased in general terms. In order to carry out the intent of the Eighteenth Amendment, Congress had to create and pass a law specifying things like who would be responsible for enforcement and what the penalties for breaking the law would be.
Andrew Volstead is best remembered as the author of the Volstead Act (officially known as the National Prohibition Act of 1919), which permitted enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (the Prohibition Amendment). The Volstead Act was vetoed by President Woodrow Wilson but overridden by Congress. It appears that the author of the bill was largely Wayne Wheeler, the de facto leader of the Anti-Saloon League. It was Wheeler who conceived and largely drafted the bill, although Volstead denied that assertion. Volstead was chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and it was his job to sponsor the legislation. Nevertheless, Prohibition transformed the name of an otherwise obscure legislator from Minnesota into a household word. The name Volstead was cursed by some, praised by others, but known by all.
The Volstead Act
The Volstead Act is the name of the actual statute that spelled out how the Eighteenth Amendment prohibiting alcohol was to be implemented.The Volstead Act.
The Act that enforced Prohibition was called the Volstead Act. It was passed in 1919 and established the legal framework for enforcing Prohibition in the United States by prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages.
The National Prohibition Act, also known as the Volstead Act, enforced the prohibition of alcohol in the United States from 1920 to 1933.
The Volstead Act.
The Volstead Act is named after Andrew Volstead of Minnesota.
1922
unfortanatly not all of the states could ratify the volstead act because it required heavy funding