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Bolshevik Revolution
The second stage of the Russian Revolution in November 1917 when Vladimir Lenin and his Bolshevik party seized power and established a communist state. The first stage had occurred the previous February when more moderate revolutionaries overthrew the Russian Czar. -
Schenck v. United States
Supreme Court validates that first amendment rights of free speech can be revoked if such a speech posed a "clear and present danger". -
19th Amendment
Ratified in 1920, women for finally given the right to vote, 70 years after the first attempt in Seneca Falls -
Sheppard-Towner Maternity Act
Congress affirmed its support for women in their traditional roles as mothers. This provided federally financed instruction in maternal and infant health care. In doing so, it also expanded the responsibility of the federal government for family welfare. -
Immigration Act of 1924
Also known as the "National Origins Act," this law established quotas for immigration to the United States. Immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe were sharply curtailed, while immigrants from Asia were shut out altogether. -
Kellogg-Briand Pac
Agreement signed in 1928 in which nations agreed not to pose the threat of war against one another