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Jim Crow Laws
laws passed in Southern states after the Civil War to promote segregation of Blacks and Whites. -
The chinese exclusion act
Prohibited all immigration of Chinese laborers. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
Lusitania was torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland. Within 20 minutes, the vessel sank into the Celtic Sea. -
Zimmerman Telegram
was an internal diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January, 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of the United States entering World War I against Germany. -
Red Scare
Was the promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism. In the United States, the First Red Scare was about worker revolution and political radicalism. -
Eugene V. Debs
Was imprisoned for speaking out against the US involvement in WW1. -
Sedition Act
An act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses, like speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light. -
18th amendment passed
Prohibited the making, transporting, and selling of alcoholic drinks. This was an important day for the country, during the womens suffrage movement, people believed alcohol caused poverty, and violence. -
19th amendment passed
Granted women the right to vote -
Immigration Act of 1924
The act represented the first major attempt to restrict immigration into the United States. -
John Scopes - the monkey trial
Was the trial of John scopes, in which Scopes was charged with teaching Darwin's Theory of Evolution but it was illegal to do so as it was in direct contradiction to the word of God. -
20th Amendment passed
Sets the date when elected offices end. -
21st amendment passed
Cancelled the 18th amendment.