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Federal law imposes quantitative controls on medicinal-liquor prescriptionsFederal law imposes quantitative controls on medicinal-liquor prescriptionsCongress submits the Eighteenth Amendment to the statesCongress submits the Eighteenth Amendment to the statesWartime Prohibition Act is enactedWartime Prohibition Act is enactedNational Prohibition Act becomes law over presidential vetoNational Prohibition Act becomes law over presidential vetoRainey repeal resolution fails but introduces the convention mechanismRainey repeal resolution fails but introduces the convention mechanismSenate restores state-convention ratification to the repeal measureSenate restores state-convention ratification to the repeal measureSenate approves the repeal amendment proposalSenate approves the repeal amendment proposalCongress submits the Twenty-first Amendment through state conventionsCongress submits the Twenty-first Amendment through state conventionsTwenty-First Amendment repeals national constitutional ProhibitionTwenty-First Amendment repeals national constitutional ProhibitionCongress imposes a federal excise on distilled spiritsCongress imposes a federal excise on distilled spiritsThe 1868 revenue act creates the federal distillery warehouse regimeThe 1868 revenue act creates the federal distillery warehouse regime
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United States Congress — Congressional Record, January 23, 1930United States Congress — Congressional Record, January 23, 1930United States Congress — National Prohibition Act (1919)United States Congress — National Prohibition Act (1919)United States Congress — Institutional Author — S.J. Res. 211United States Congress — Institutional Author — S.J. Res. 211An Act imposing Taxes on Distilled Spirits and Tobacco — United States Congress — Institutional AuthorAn Act imposing Taxes on Distilled Spirits and Tobacco — United States Congress — Institutional AuthorCongressional Record—February 25, 1948 — United States Congress — Institutional AuthorCongressional Record—February 25, 1948 — United States Congress — Institutional AuthorCongressional Record—February 5, 1945 — United States Congress — Institutional AuthorCongressional Record—February 5, 1945 — United States Congress — Institutional AuthorFederal Alcohol Administration Act — United States Congress — Institutional AuthorFederal Alcohol Administration Act — United States Congress — Institutional AuthorCullen–Harrison Act, Pub. L. 73-3, 48 Stat. 16–20 — United States Congress — Institutional AuthorCullen–Harrison Act, Pub. L. 73-3, 48 Stat. 16–20 — United States Congress — Institutional AuthorCongressional Record—Senate, February 26, 1948 — United States Congress — Institutional AuthorCongressional Record—Senate, February 26, 1948 — United States Congress — Institutional Author
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