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Sedition Act
designed by Federalists to limit the power of the opposition Republican Party.
Important because it prepared for an anticipated war with France. -
Eugene V. Debs
Eugene Victor "Gene" Debs was an American union leader, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World, and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States.
Important
became involved in the Pullman Strike, started by the disgruntled workers who constructed the train cars made by the Pullman Palace Car Company. He helped workers seek the support of the union members. -
Jim crow laws
The former practice of segregating black people in the United State. mandated the segregation of public schools, public places, and public transportation, and the segregation of restrooms, restaurants, and drinking fountains for whites and blacks.
important
The policy kept black and white Americans separate from one another and showed how all men are not created equal -
Chinese Exclusion Act
a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers.
important
it restricted immigration into the United States of an ethnic working group. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
After World War I erupted across Europe, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner en route from New York to Liverpool, England.
Importance
It was a passenger liner sunk by a German submarine during War World 1. It lead America to declare war on Germany -
zimmerman telegram
was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office. It proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of the United States entering World War I against Germany. this sent messages from the German foreign secretary, Arthur Zimmermann, to the German ambassador to Mexico proposing a Mexican-German alliance in the case of war between the United States and Germany, is published on the front pages of newspapers across America. -
18th Amendment
The 18th Amendment called for the banning of the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages
Important
After the 18th amendment, Congress passed the Volstead Act. This act also defined strict limits on beverages containing alcohol, ensuring that the content would be no more than .5%. -
19 amendment
This gave women the right to vote in 1920
important
it prohibited any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex. -
Immigration Act of 1924
The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota.
important
provided immigration visas to two percent of the total number of people of each nationality in the United States as of the 1890 national census. -
John Scopes - The Monkey Trial
Tennessee legal case involving the teaching of evolution in public schools. A statute was passed (Mar., 1925) in Tennessee that prohibited the teaching in public schools of theories contrary to accepted interpretation of the biblical account of human creation.
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The trial was the first to be broadcast on live radio. -
20th amendment
sets the dates at which federal (United States) government elected offices end and defines who succeeds the president if the president dies.
importance
important because it tried to eliminate Lame Duck presidents and legislators -
21th amendment
This amendment got ride of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol.
important
since the 21st Amendment pass, it will strike the 18th Amendment from the Constitution as the law of the United States. -
Red Scare
The rounding up and deportation of several hundred immigrants of radical political views by the federal government in 1919
This “scare” was caused by fears of subversion by communists in the United States after the Russian Revolution.
important
because of this, this is why we have “In god we trust “ on our money and “one nation under god” in the pledge. The people at that time had so little faith in America so this helped them.