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Preferred term
Volstead Act 1918
Definition
- The Volstead Act made the manufacture, transportation, and sale of intoxicating liquors illegal in the United States. It was ratified by Congress during Prohibition on January 16, 1919, and became the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. [Source: Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities; Volstead Act 1918]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Volstead_Act_1918
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