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Jim Crow laws
Any of the laws that enforced racial segragation in the south. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Law was created to prohibit all immigration of Chinese laborers -
Sinking of the Lusitania
A UK Ocean liner that was sank by the Germans in WWI which implemented a naval blockade of Germany. -
Sedition Act
Was an act to protect Amerians participation in WWI. Granting harsh penalties to anyone found guilty of making false statements that interfered with the prosecution of the war. -
18th -21st amendment
18th prohibited alcohol,19th gave women right to vote,20th "lame duck" amendment. reduces the amount of thme between the electionof Presedent and Congress and the begining of there terms. 21st Prohibiton Repeal-repealing 18th amendment. -
Zimmerman Telegram
Was secret diplomatic communication issued from the German that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in case the United States entered World War I against Germany. -
Red Scare
Was a widespread fear by a society about a potential rise of communism, anarchism, or radical leftism in the U.S. -
Eugene V. Debs
Outspoken Leaer of the Labor movement. Demoratic, socialist politacal activist. -
Immigration Act of 1924
This act limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the U.S through a national origins quota. -
John Scopes-The Monkeyu Trial
Trial wehe a teachere was accused of teaching evolution in school. volating the Tennessee Bulter act. evolution vis Religion