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Preferred term
National Prohibition Act
Definition
- Congress adopted the National Prohibition Act of 1919 (P.L. 66–66, 41 Stat. 305), also known as the Volstead Act, to implement the Eighteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which established prohibition throughout the country. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment; National Prohibition Act]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/National_Prohibition_Act
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