Assignment 8, week 4

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    A law passed that prohibited Chinese immigrants to be used as laborers.
  • Sinking of the Lusitania

    A German boat torpedoed and sank less than a year after World War 1.
  • Zimmerman Telegram

    A secret diplomatic communication used between Germany and Mexico.
  • Sedition Act

    a set of laws passed that restricted immigrants right to vote, and promoted deportation
  • 18th Amendment

    alcohol can no longer be sold or consumed.
  • 19th Amendment

    citizens have the right to vote
  • Immigration Act of 1924

    A law that was passed to limit the amount of immigrants allowed to enter the United States annually.
  • John Scopes- The Monkey Trial

    lawsuit that accused a high school teacher of abusing the Tennessee's Butler Act.
  • Eugene Debs

    An American Union leader, and one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World.
  • 20th Amendment

    clarifies when offices elect dates end
  • 21st Amendment

    repealed the 18th amendment
  • Red Scare

    A promotion of the idea that people should fear the rise of communism.
  • Jim Crow laws

    Laws that enforce segregation in public settings such as schools, restaurants, etc.