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Volstead Act |
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Volstead Act is the popular name for the National Prohibition Act (41 Stat. 305), a comprehensive statute that was enacted to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and to prohibit the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors. The act was rendered inoperative by passage of the Twenty-First Amendment, which repealed Prohibition. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| That narrow view of religious freedom would have allowed prohibitionists to outlaw all alcoholic beverages without making an exception for Communion wine as the Volstead Act did. Harding's widely known flouting of Prohibition laws in the White House might be particularly cheering, were it not for the fact that he had supported the Volstead Act while in the Senate (albeit for political reasons and not enthusiastically). After the repeal of the Volstead Act in 1933, the family of Emile Sick purchased the plant but decided to construct a modern brewery at Spokane Street to reintroduce Rainier Beer. |
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