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Chinese Exclusion Act
-law signed by President Chester
-stoping all immigration of Chinese laborers -
Jim Crow laws
-part of state constitutions
-segregation of whites and blacks:
public schools
public places
public transportation
restrooms
restaurants
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Sinking of the Lusitania
-German U-boat torpedoed and sank
-more than 1,100 died
-more than 120 were American
-a year after World War I -
Zimmerman Telegram
-secret diplomatic communication
-German Foreign Office
-military alliance between Germany and Mexico
-if United States entered World War I against Germany -
Sedition Act
- protect America’s participation in World War I -harsh penalties on false statements interfering with prosecution of the war
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19th amendment
-gave women the right to vote
-Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who were key figures in the Suffrage movement
- even states that rejected the 19th amendment at first have ratified the amendment -
Immigration Act of 1924
- federal law -limited the number of immigrants who could come from any country
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John Scopes - The Monkey Trial
-begins with John Thomas Scopes
- accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law
- Democratic presidential candidate volunteered to assist the prosecution -
Eugene V. Debs
-American union leader
-founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World
-candidate of the Socialist Party
- 1855-1925 -
18th amendment
-banned alcohol
-blame alcohol for violence and other problems that were affecting American families -
20th amendment
-defines who gets to be president if the president dies
-the Vice President gets the position -
21th amendment
-ended Prohibition in the United States
-Many states decided to keep anti-alcohol laws for a long time after the 21st amendment
-known as dry laws -
Red Scare
-fear of a rise of communism
-communist activities took place in the U.S. House of Representatives
