Why did Congress pass the Volstead Act to go along with the Eighteenth Amendment? The Volstead Act banned the sale of alcohol in additional states proposed by Congress. The Volstead Act prohibited people from drinking alcohol as well as selling and shipping it. The Volstead Act provided for the enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment. The Volstead Act governed the sale of alcohol in states omitted from the Eighteenth Amendment.

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Kelsie Burnett

15 November, 12:44

Why did Congress pass the Volstead Act to go along with the Eighteenth Amendment? The Volstead Act banned the sale of alcohol in additional states proposed by Congress. The Volstead Act prohibited people from drinking alcohol as well as selling and shipping it. The Volstead Act provided for the enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment. The Volstead Act governed the sale of alcohol in states omitted from the Eighteenth Amendment.

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Bello · Answer 1

The correct answer is The Volstead Act provided for the enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment.

This means that prohibition laws could now be enforced in bars and saloons all over the United States. The amendment itself didn't define what intoxicating alcohols actually means and it didn't mention penalties. It just enabled for legislature like the Volstead Act to establish all this and for it to be constitutional.

Viviana Steele · Answer 2

The Volstead Act (formally know as The National Prohibition Act) was provided for the enforcement of the eighteenth amendment.