Answer: The act put a federal tax on all alcoholic beverages to help fund the federal government and the act allowed states to determine whether or not they want to ban alcohol.
On this day in 1933 the first steps to end Prohibition was won by the passage of the Beer and Wine Revenue Act. This act amended the Volstead Act of 1919 to legalize the sale of wine and beer that contained no more the 3.2 percent alcohol.
