Federal Judicial Center’s complete federal-courts timeline supplies enactment date, effective date, purpose, scope, and overlap with the Volstead Act.
Congress enacted the Wartime Prohibition Act on November 21, 1918; its sales and production restrictions took effect beginning June 30, 1919 and were tied to the end of the war and demobilization, creating a temporary national regime before constitutional Prohibition became operative.
Complete timeline article reviewed and preserved.
The act’s wartime duration and judicial interpretation were contested; distinguish enactment, effective date, and later Volstead enforcement.
The federal judicial-history timeline places the wartime measure in the exact sequence and identifies its temporary legal basis.
The enactment and effective dates are linked to the verified Federal Judicial Center timeline and separate dated events.