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1921 BCE
Emergency Quota Act
The Emergency Quota Act, also known as the Emergency Immigration Act of 1921, the Immigration Restriction Act of 1921, the Per Centum Law, and restricted immigration into the United States. -
1920 BCE
US vs Wheeler
was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held the Double Jeopardy Clause does not bar the federal prosecution of a Native American (Indian) who has already been prosecuted by the tribe. -
1900 BCE
Box Rebellion
Boxer Rebellion, officially supported peasant uprising of 1900 that attempted to drive all foreigners from China. “Boxers” was a name that foreigners gave to a Chinese secret society known as the Yihequan. -
1883 BCE
US vs Singleton
the Supreme Court struck a major blow to the fight for equality when it ruled the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional, rejecting the argument that it was authorized under the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. -
1882 BCE
Chinese Exclusion Acts
It was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States. In the spring of 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed by Congress and signed by President Chester A. Arthur. This act provided an absolute 10-year moratorium on Chinese labor immigration. -
1878 BCE
Whiskey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion (also known as the Whiskey Insurrection) was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 during the presidency of George Washington. The so-called "whiskey tax" was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government. -
1870 BCE
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Co. Inc. was an American oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. In 1870, John D. Rockefeller as a corporation in Ohio, it was the largest oil refiner in the world of its time. -
1866 BCE
14th Amendment
an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, defining national citizenship and forbidding the states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other persons. -
Battle at Appomattox
The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought on the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the last battles of the American Civil War. -
Panic of 1873
Banks and other industries were putting their money in railroads. So when the banking firm of Jay Cooke and Company, a firm heavily invested in railroad construction, a major economic panic swept the nation.
