Editing Volstead Act (section)

== Passage of the Volstead Act ==
H.R. 6810, was the full name given to the National Prohibition Act, which in short meant, "An act to prohibit intoxicating beverages, and to regulate the manufacture, production, and sale of high-proof spirits for other than beverage purposes, and to ensure an ample supply of alcohol and promote its use in scientific research and in the development of fuel, dye, and other lawful industries."<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Ruiz |first=Susan Mosher |title=The Sage Encyclopedia of Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives. |publisher=Sage Publications |year=2015 |edition=3 vols |location=Thousand Oaks, CA |page=1339 |language=English}}</ref> Prohibition was originally proposed by a man by the name of [[Richmond P. Hobson|Richmond Hobson]], and the proposition was brought to Congress as an amendment to the Constitution.<ref name=":22">{{Cite book |last=Tyrrell |first=Ian |title=Transnational Nation |publisher=Palgrave |year=2015 |isbn=9781137338549 |edition=2nd |location=London |pages=137–231}}</ref> Later, attorney [[Wayne Wheeler]] proposed the first version of the bill, which Congress amended many times. President [[Woodrow Wilson]] vetoed the bill, Congress overrode his veto, and the bill went through on October 28, 1919.<ref name=":0" /> The Volstead Act went into play on January 16, 1920, where it became a challenge for the [[United States Supreme Court]] to navigate through. The Volstead Act was presented to help promote the togetherness of federal and state legislation in regulating alcohol.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hamm |first=Richard |title=Origins of the Eighteenth Amendment: The prohibition movement in the federal system, 1880–1920 |year=1987 |page=7}}</ref>