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FDR LEGALIZES SALE OF BEER AND WINE

This Day in History: FDR Signs the Beer and Wine Revenue Act

On March 22, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the
Beer and Wine Revenue Act. This law levies a federal tax on all
alcoholic beverages to raise revenue for the federal government
and gives individual states the option to further regulate the sale
and distribution of beer and wine.

Unit II: Lesson 38: 21st Amendment - AMERICAN GOVENRMENT

Franklin Roosevelt

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