英语词汇“volstead act”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	volstead act
释义	Volstead Act Vol·stead Act V0141800 (vŏl′stĕd′, vôl′-, vōl′-)n. A congressional act that prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages. The US Congress passed the act in 1919; it took effect with the Eighteenth Amendment in 1920 and was repealed by the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment in 1933. [After Andrew John Volstead (1860-1947), US representative from Minnesota who wrote the act.] Volstead Act Volstead Act: see under Volstead, Andrew JosephVolstead, Andrew Joseph , 1860–1947, American legislator, b. Goodhue co., Minn. A lawyer, he held several local offices in Minnesota before serving (1903–23) in the U.S. House of Representatives. ..... Click the link for more information. . Volstead Act 18th Amendment, passed by Congress to enforce Prohibition (1919). [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 286]See: Temperance Volstead Act Related to Volstead Act: 18th Amendment, 21st Amendment Volstead Act 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 The act was rendered inoperative by passage of the Twenty-First Amendment, which repealed Prohibition.
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