28 oct 1919 año - National Prohibition Act

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AKA Volstead Act

The bill was vetoed by President Woodrow Wilson, largely on technical grounds because it also covered wartime prohibition, but his veto was overridden by the House on the same day, October 27, 1919, and by the Senate one day later.

The three distinct purposes of the Act were:
1. to prohibit intoxicating beverages,
2. to regulate the manufacture, production, use, and sale of high-proof spirits for other than beverage purposes,
3. to insure an ample supply of alcohol and promote its use in scientific research and in the development of fuel, dye, and other lawful industries.

The act defined intoxicating liquor as any beverage containing 0.5% or more but the Bureau of Internal Revenue soon struck that down, effectively legalizing home wine-making

Prohibition lost advocates as ignoring the law gained increasing social acceptance and as organized crime violence increased. By 1933, public opposition to prohibition had become overwhelming. In March of that year, Congress passed the Cullen–Harrison Act, which legalized "3.2 beer" (i.e., beer containing 3.2% alcohol by weight or 4% by volume) and wines of similarly low alcohol content, rather than the 0.5% limit defined by the original Volstead Act.

Congress passed the Blaine Act, a proposed constitutional amendment to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment to end prohibition, in February. On December 5, 1933, Utah became the 36th state to ratify the Twenty-first Amendment, which repealed the Eighteenth Amendment, voiding the Volstead Act, and restored control of alcohol to the states.

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