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Volstead Act: see under Volstead, Andrew Joseph Volstead Act. Officially the National Prohibition Act of 1919, the federal law (passed over the veto of President Wilson) made provisions for the enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment. The act defined an intoxicating beverage as one containing more than .5% alcohol by volume. ..... Click the link for more information. . Volstead Act 18th Amendment, passed by Congress to enforce Prohibition (1919). [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 286] See : Temperance |
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| The only exception was the Volsted Act creating Prohibition. |
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