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Capper-Volstead Act (P.L. 67-146), the Co-operative Marketing Associations Act (7 U.S.C. 291, 292) was adopted by the United States Congress on February 18, 1922. It gave “associations” of persons producing agricultural products certain exemptions from antitrust laws.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capper%E2%80%93Volstead_Act
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Teaching With Documents: The Volstead Act and Related Prohibition Documents ... While Prohibition assisted the poor factory workers who could not afford liquor, all in all, neither federal nor local authorities would commit the resources necessary to enforce the Volstead Act. For example, the state of Maryland refused to...
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www.archives.gov/education/lessons/volstead-act/
www.archives.gov/education/lessons/volstead-act/
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Andrew Volstead, a leading Republican member of the House of Representatives, was the author of the National Prohibition Act (also known as the Volstead Act) that was passed by Congress in 1919. The law prohibited the manufacture, transportation and sale of beverages containing more than 0.5 per cent alcohol.
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www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAvolstead.htm
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3 All this talk about legalizing drugs, but would you honestly have the government use your hard earned tax money on creating a safe system in which to sell dangerous substances? Illegal drug use is clearly not as widespread and popular as...
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-was-the-volstead-act.htm
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The role of Volstead Act in the history of the United States of America. ... Andrew J. Volstead, Republican representative from Minnesota, was the driving force behind the National Prohibition Act (popularly the Volstead Act). This measure, passed over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, served as enabling legislation for...
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www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1086.html
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Volstead Act- 1920;; TITLE I. TO PROVIDE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF WAR PROHIBITION. 2. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue, his assistants, agents, and inspectors, shall investigate and report violations of the War Prohibition Act to the United States attorney for the district in which committed, who shall be charged...
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www.historycentral.com/documents/Volstead.html
www.historycentral.com/documents/Volstead.html
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On October 28, 1919, Congress passed the Volstead Act providing for enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, ratified nine months earlier. Known as the Prohibition Amendment, it prohibited the "manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors" in the United States.
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memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/oct28.html
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The full text of the Volstead Act which enacted alcohol prohibition in 1920. ... The Volstead Act, officially titled the "National Prohibition Act", was passed on Oct 18, 1919 and went into effect Feb 1, 1920. It effectively outlawed the production and sale of alcoholic beverages unless for religious or medical purposes.
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www.erowid.org/psychoactives/law/law_fed_volstead_act.s...
www.erowid.org/psychoactives/law/law_fed_volstead_act.shtml
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