The __________ strengthened the language of the Eighteenth Amendment and defined all beverages containing more than 0.5 percent alcohol as intoxicating.

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The Volstead Act, also known as the National Prohibition Act, was passed to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment which prohibited the sale, production, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States. The act strengthened the language of the amendment and defined any beverage containing more than 0.5 percent alcohol as intoxicating, effectively banning all alcoholic beverages except for those used for medicinal or religious purposes.

The __________ Strengthened the Language of the Eighteenth Amendment and Defined