American History B

By sparks09

  • The Great Migration

    The Great Migration was such an important event in history because during this time period 2 million African Americans emmigrated from the southern part of the United States into the Midwest, Northeast, and West

  • 18th Amendment

    The 18th Amendment was a law that was passed in order to prevent the sell, production, and transportation of alcohol.

  • 19th Amendment

    This Amendment gave women the right to vote. In the past, the rights were equal, but only to men. Susan B. Anthony was the one who drafted this amendment up and it was finally passed 40 years later.

  • Emergency Quota Act

    This Act set a limit to illegal immigration into the United States. This law was intended at the beginning just to last for a short period. This started two things: numerical limits and established a quota system.

  • 21th Amendment

    The 21st amendment repealed the 18th amendment. Making the production, sell, and transportation of alcohol legal once again,

  • Immigration Act 1942

    A United States federal law that set a quota on the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States in 1890. This was brought down from the 3% cap set by the Immigration Restriction Act of 1921.