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Remembering prohibition: When America went dry
Hailey Waldo
Reporter@greenepublishing.com
On Oct. 28, 1919, the United States Congress passed the Volstead Act, setting into motion one of the most dramatic and controversial chapters in American history, Prohibition.
Officially known as the National Prohibition Act, the Volstead Act provided the legal framework to enforce the recently ratified 18th Amendment, which banned the manufacture, sale and transportation of intoxicating liquors. Though the amendment made alcohol illegal in theory, i