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Chinese Exclusion Act
This act provided a 10-year moratorium on Chinese labor immigration significance-prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. -
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Eugene Victor Debs
Eugene Victor Debs was a member of the democratic party. He was one of the members of the Industrial Workers of the World.
He was arrested for making a speech that denounced the involvement of the United States in World War l. -
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Jim Crow Laws
Laws that were put in place in order to maintain racial segregation after the civil war. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The Sinking of the Lusitania happened during the first World War. Germany using submarine warfare killed about 1900 people on a British route from New York to England. -
Zimmerman Telegram
Was a telegram from Germany to Mexico that offered the American territory in exchange for Mexico assisting in the German cause.
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Sedition Act
The sedition made consequences for anyone that interfered on the war, it made it illegal for writing or any publishing of things against congress to be made -
18th Amendment
The eighteenth amendment prohibited alcoholic drinks with the exception of drinks used for religious purposes. The eighteenth amendment was the first amendment to be repealed. -
19th amendment
The right to vote for women was created by the twentieth amendment. In 1915 a bill was created with the same goal but did not pass. Twice the billed was passed by only one more person then needed to make it pass. -
Immigration Act of 1924
The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of people that could enter the United States through immigration. The act provided immigration visas. -
John Scopes - The Monkey Trial
John Scopes was a teacher that was a accused of teaching evolution. This would of violated a law in Tennessee, therefore he was put on trial. He was found guilty for breaking a Tennessee law by teaching evolution. -
20th amendment
The 20th amendment established the beginning and end to the terms of elected federal officials. This determined what would happen if government elected offices end, and what happens if a president dies. -
21st amendment
The twenty-first amendment was created to abolish the prohibition and repeal the eighteenth amendment. This made it legal buy and sell alcohol. -
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Red Scare
The Red Scare came from the communist threats to the United States. People feared that the United States would not win and the country would be taken over by communist parties.