Volstead Act

noun

1. an act of Congress, introduced in 1919 by Andrew J. Volstead to implement the Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution, which forbade the sale of alcoholic beverages.

Example Sentences

“There's nothing in the Volstead Act that says a person cannot drink,” he said.

From The Daily Beast

The trouble was that, unlike the Volstead Act, the scientific prohibitions aroused no opposition from the man in the street.

From Project Gutenberg

Even before the Volstead act liquor was spiritually a prescription rather than a beverage.

From Project Gutenberg

And now with this Volstead act being pushed so hard it's kind of inconvenient gettin' a crowd of men into the right frame of mind.

From Project Gutenberg