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Sedition Act
It was intended to bolster the power of the Federalists and to chill, if not eliminate, criticism of them. It didn't work. The Jeffersonian and Democratic-Republicans won the elections of 1798 and 1800. -
Jim Crow laws
Jim Crow laws were laws designed exclusively by the south in order to prevent African Americans to vote, or participate in society for that matter -
Chinese Exclusion Act
It was a Law that was signed by President Chester Arthur, that prohibited Chinese workers from entering the United States. It was one of the most significant restrictions on immigration in American history and set many standards for American immigration policies. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
It was a passenger liner sunk by a German submarine during War World 1. It lead to America to declare war on Germany. -
Zimmerman Telegram
It essentially suggested that Mexico ally itself with Germany and together the'd try and recapture US territory that formally belonged to Mexico in any way it could. -
18th Amendment
The 18th Amendment took effect on Jan. 17, 1920, after years of lobbying by the progressive temperance movement. Women were the prime movers behind both temperance and women's suffrage and viewed the elimination of alcohol as a key women's-rights issue. -
19th Amendment
The 19th amendment is a very important amendment to the constitution as it gave women the right to vote in 1920. -
John Scopes - The Monkey Trial
It was a confrontation between the forces of religious fundamentalism. The trial was originally intended as a tourist trap, a way to drive up housing prices in the slow little Tennessee town. -
Eugene V. Debs
Debs became involved in the Pullman Strike in 1894, which grew out of a compensation dispute by the workers who constructed the train cars made by the Pullman Palace Car Company.Eugene Victor Debs was an American union leader, one of the founding members of the International Labor Union and the Industrial Workers -
Immigration Act of 1924
The Immigration Act of 1924 shut the 'Golden Door' to America and 87% of immigration permits went to immigrants from Britain, Ireland, Germany, and Scandinavia. The law completely excluded immigrants from Asia. -
20th Amendment
The Twentieth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution addresses the terms of elected Federal officials, including the President, Vice-President, and members of Congress. -
Red Scare
It came in the wake of World War I and the Bolshevik revolution.
It showed an excessive fear leading to violations of individual rights. -
21th Amendment
21st Amendment was a result of the failed prohibition of alcohol in the United States.
