- The
National Prohibition Act,
known informally as the
Volstead Act, was an act of the 66th
United States Congress designed to
execute the 18th Amendment...
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Andrew John
Volstead (/ˈvɒlstɛd/) (October 31, 1859 –
January 20, 1947) was an
American member of the
United States House of
Representatives from Minnesota...
- was ratified,
Congress p****ed the
Volstead Act to
provide for the
federal enforcement of Prohibition. The
Volstead Act
declared that liquor, wine and...
- was
ratified by 46 out of 48 states.
Enabling legislation,
known as the
Volstead Act, set down the
rules for
enforcing the
federal ban and
defined the types...
- Capper–
Volstead Act (P.L. 67-146), the Co-operative
Marketing ****ociations Act (7 U.S.C. 291, 292) was
adopted by the
United States Congress on February...
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enumerated enforcement powers of this
organization were
vested in the
Volstead Act.
Federal Prohibition Agents of the
Bureau were
commonly referred to...
- The
Andrew John
Volstead House is the
historic house in
Granite Falls, Minnesota, of ten-term
United States Congressman Andrew Volstead (1860–1947). It...
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General from 1921 to 1929,
handling cases concerning violations of the
Volstead Act,
federal taxation, and the
Bureau of
Federal Prisons during the Prohibition...
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released on $50,000 bail.
Capone was then
indicted on 5,000
violations of the
Volstead Act (Prohibition laws).: 385–421, 493–496 On June 16, 1931, at the Chicago...
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source of turmoil. When
alcoholic beverages were
first banned under the
Volstead Act in 1919, the
United States government had
little idea of the severity...
