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chinese exclusion act
a united states federal law signed by president Arthur, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese labors. -
sinking of the Lusitania
a sunken ship that caused outrage in Britain and America that led to america declaring war against germany -
zimmerman telegram
-German foreign secretary
-proposed a military alliance between mexico and Germany -
seduction act
an act that extended the Espionage act to cover a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered with the sale of government bonds. -
18th amendment
prohibited the manufacturing, transportation and sale of alcohol illegal. -
19th amendment
prohibits the states to deny voting to citizens because of their gender. -
immigration act of 1924
limited the number of immigrants allowed to be in the united states through a national origins quota -
john scopes- the monkey trial
an american legal case that a high school substitute teacher, john scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's butler act. -
eugene v. debs
a political leader and went to jail for leading the Chicago Pullman palace car company strike -
20th amendment
lame-duck period shortened for federal officials -
21st amendment
repeal to prohibition (they can drink again) -
red scare
the fear of communism, anarchism, or radical leftism -
jim crow laws
laws that enforced racial segregation in the southern united states. these laws were continuing till 1965.
