the 18th amendment
It was the Volstead Act.
Neither the federal nor state governments were able to enforce prohibition effectively.
National Prohibition Act was passed in 1919.
The 18th Amendment required National Prohibition and the Volstead Act specified how prohibition was to be enforced.
With armed, sometimes lethal, force.
Prohibition
Prohibition of alcohol.
Prohibition of alcohol.
The Volstead Act was enacted to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment. This act was is also known as the National Prohibition Act.
The Volstead Act was enacted to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment. This act was is also known as the National Prohibition Act.
Maine passed the first prohibition law in 1851, making the sale and consumption of alcohol illegal in the state.
To prevent the purchase of buying or selling alcohol