Oklahoma Beer Act of 1933

Oklahoma Beer Act of 1933

Long title	An Act to legalize the manufacture, sale, or possession of 3.2 per centum beer in the State of Oklahoma when and if the same is legalized by a majority vote of the people of Oklahoma or by act of the Legislature of the State of Oklahoma.
Nicknames	Oklahoma Beer Permit Act
Enacted by	the 73rd United States Congress
Effective	June 16, 1933
Citations
Public law	Pub.L. 73–82
Statutes at Large	48 Stat. 311
Codification
Titles amended	27 U.S.C.: Intoxicating Liquors
U.S.C. sections created	27 U.S.C. ch. 2A § 64p
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 5690 by William Wirt Hastings (D-OK) on May 22, 1933 Committee consideration by House Judiciary, Senate Judiciary Passed the House on May 29, 1933 (Passed) Passed the Senate on June 7, 1933 (Passed) Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 16, 1933

Oklahoma Beer Act of 1933 is a United States public law legalizing the manufacture, possession, and sale of low-point beer in the State of Oklahoma. The Act of Congress cites the federal statute is binding with the cast of legal votes by the State of Oklahoma constituents or legislative action by the Oklahoma Legislature.

Abolishment of Prohibition Era[]

The anti-prohibition legislation was enacted into law in conjunction with the Blaine Act and Cullen-Harrison Act. The 72nd United States Congress proposed the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution as endorsed by John Nance Garner and Charles Curtis on February 20, 1933.^[1] The Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution or Volstead Act was repealed upon ratifying the twenty-first constitutional law abolishing Prohibition in the United States on December 5, 1933.^[2][3]

On August 27, 1935, the Beer, Ale, Porter, and Similar Fermented Liquor codified law sections were officially repealed with the enactment of the Liquor Law Repeal and Enforcement Act of 1935.^[4]

See also[]

Film Depictions of Alcohol Prohibition Era in United States

What! No Beer? (1933)

The Roaring Twenties (1939)

The Great Gatsby (1974)

Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

Prohibition (2011)

Lawless (2012)

The Great Gatsby (2013)

References[]

Anti-Prohibition Historical Bibliography[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alcohol prohibition in the United States and Prohibition.

• "1909-1913 National Bulletin". HathiTrust Digital Library. Ohio: National Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association of America.
• "1915-1918 The Anti-Prohibition Manual: A Summary of Facts and Figures Dealing with Prohibition". HathiTrust Digital Library. Ohio: National Assoc. of Distillers and Wholesale Dealers ~ U.S. Publicity Depart.
• "The Anti-Prohibition Manual: A Summary of Facts and Figures Dealing with Prohibition". Internet Archive. Ohio: National Assoc. of Distillers and Wholesale Dealers ~ U.S. Publicity Depart. 1915.
• "The Anti-Prohibition Manual: A Summary of Facts and Figures Dealing with Prohibition". Internet Archive. Ohio: National Assoc. of Distillers and Wholesale Dealers ~ U.S. Publicity Depart. 1916.
• "The Anti-Prohibition Manual: A Summary of Facts and Figures Dealing with Prohibition". Internet Archive. Ohio: National Assoc. of Distillers and Wholesale Dealers ~ U.S. Publicity Depart. 1917.
• "The Anti-Prohibition Manual: A Summary of Facts and Figures Dealing with Prohibition". Internet Archive. Ohio: National Assoc. of Distillers and Wholesale Dealers ~ U.S. Publicity Depart. 1918.

Historical Video Archives[]

• "Industry Booms After Repeal of Prohibition, Ca. 1933". Internet Archive. Universal Studios.
• "National Archives Footage: Prohibition". Internet Archive. University of California San Francisco Library.
• Prohibition - Ken Burns playlist on YouTube
• Prohibition in the United States: National Ban of Alcohol on YouTube
• WKY News: Tuesday, April 7, 1959 - Oklahoma Election for Repeal of Prohibition on YouTube
• "Yesterday's Newsreel Prohibition & Bootlegging 59354". Internet Archive. PeriscopeFilm.

External links[]

• Franklin, Jimmie L. "Prohibition". Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society.
• Ziegler, G.A.; Rommell, W.E.; Herz, Geo. (1911). "Prohibition and Anti-Prohibition". New York: Broadway Publishing Co. ~ Stationers' Hall: 1–146. hdl:2027/uc1.$b268713. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Roosevelt, Franklin D. (April 7, 1933). "The Tenth Press Conference - April 7, 1933". Internet Archive. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service. p. 119.
• Roosevelt, Franklin D. (May 17, 1933). "A Recommendation to the Congress to Enact the National Industrial Recovery Act to Put People to Work - May 17, 1933". Internet Archive. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service. pp. 202–206.
• Collection of Miscellaneous Pamphlets on Prohibition in the United States ~ 1911-1937. OCLC 747998854.
• Urbana Daily Courier (July 12, 1933). "Beer is O.K.'D by Bone Dry Oklahoma, But Close Vote on Repeal is Expected". Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• Gordon, Ernest (1943). The Wrecking of the Eighteenth Amendment. Internet Archive. Francestown, N.H.: The Alcohol Information Press. ISBN 978-1258409807. OCLC 949392.
• "OKLAHOMA'S ANTISALOON LAWS TO FACE VOTERS". The New York Times. Associated Press. September 9, 1984.
• King, Wayne (September 18, 1984). "OKLAHOMANS ARE VOTING ON SALE OF LIQUOR IN BARS". The New York Times.
• King, Wayne (September 20, 1984). "OKLAHOMA PREPARES TO MAKE A BAR DRINK LEGAL". The New York Times.
• Levine, Harry G. (January 1985). "The Birth of American Alcohol Control: Prohibition, the Power Elite, and the Problem of Lawlessness" (PDF). City University of New York - Queens College.
• Tatum, Lisa (April 18, 1999). "April 7, 1959 Liquor's Flow Becomes Legal". The Oklahoman.
• Hennech, Michael C.; Etienne-Gray, Tracé (June 12, 2010). "Brewing Industry". Handbook of Texas. Texas State Historical Association.
• Engdahl, Andrew (2012). "A Curious Elixir: Medicinal Beer in the Age of Prohibition". Forum: The Journal of Planning Practice and Education. The Forum: Journal of History: Vol. 4: Issue 1, Article 8. California Polytechnic State University. 4. doi:10.15368/forum.2012v4n1.8.