Volstead Act

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:affects gptkb:Eighteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkb:Twenty-first_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:chapter 85
gptkbp:citation gptkb:41_Stat._305
gptkbp:dateEnacted October 28, 1919
gptkbp:definedAlcoholicBeverageAs any beverage containing more than 0.5% alcohol by volume
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:Bureau_of_Prohibition
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Prohibition era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Volstead Act
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Volstead_Act
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:National_Prohibition_Act
gptkbp:prohibits manufacture of alcoholic beverages
sale of alcoholic beverages
transportation of alcoholic beverages
exportation of alcoholic beverages
importation of alcoholic beverages
gptkbp:publicLawNumber gptkb:Public_Law_66-66
gptkbp:purpose to provide for the enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Speakeasy
gptkb:Temperance_movement
gptkb:Prohibition_in_the_United_States
gptkb:Organized_crime_in_the_United_States
Bootlegging
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Twenty-first_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
December 5, 1933
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Woodrow_Wilson
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Andrew_Volstead
gptkbp:startDate January 17, 1920
gptkbp:status repealed
gptkbp:vetoedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkb:Woodrow_Wilson
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Eighteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5