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The Zimmerman Note
The Zimmerman Note was a German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman had secretly proposed a German-Mexican alliance against the United States. When the note was intercepted and published in March 1917, it caused an uproar that made some Americans more willing to enter the war. -
The Espionage Age of 1917
The Espionage Age was a law prohibiting interference with the draft and other acts of national "disloyalty". Together with the Sedition Act of 1918, which added penalties for abusing the government in writing, it created a climate that was unfriendly to civil liberties. -
Battle of Chateau-Thierry
The Battle of Chateau-Thierry was the first significant engagement of American troops in World War I--and indeed, in any European war. To weary French soldiers, the American doughboys were an image of fresh and gleaming youth. -
The 18th Amendment & Volstead Act
This was ratified in 1919, this Constitutional amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages. It ushered in the era known as the Prohibition. The Volstead Act was a federal act enforcing the Eighteenth Amendment, which prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages. -
Emergency Quota Act of 1921
The Emergency Quota Act of 1921 was signed into law by President Warren Harding on May 19, 1921. It restricted the number of immigrants to 357,000 per year. Also, set down an immigration quota by which only 3 per cent of the total population of any ethnic group already in the USA in 1910 could be admitted to America after 1921. It was intended to be a temporary measure but the National Origins Formula continued until 1965. -
Stock Market Crash
The Stock Market Crash or Black Tuesday began on October 24, 1929 that eventually lead to the Great Depression that lasted for 10 years. Billions of dollars were lost, making it the most devastating stock market crash in history.
