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Chinese Exclusion Act
This act provided a 10-year moratorium on Chinese labor immigration
significance-prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. -
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Eugene Victor Debs
Eugene Victor Debs was a member of the democratic party. He was one of the members of the Industrial Workers of the World.
significance- arrested for making a speech that denounced the involvement of the United States in World War l -
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Jim Crow laws (these began earlier but continue during this era)
Laws that were put in pace in order to maintain racial segregation after the civil war.
significance- made segregation of races possible after the civil war. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The Sinking of the Lusitania happened during the first World War. Germany using submarine warfare killed about 1900 people on a British route from New York to England.
significance- Germany used submarine warfare, this put in action a German blockade -
Zimmerman Telegram
A telegram from Germany to Mexico that offered the American territory in exchange for Mexico assisting in the German cause.
significance- The document lead the United States to enter World War One -
Sedition Act
The sedition made consequences for anyone that interfered on the war
significance- Made it illegal for writing or any publishing of things against congress to be made -
18th Amendment
The eighteenth amendment prohibited alcoholic drinks with the exception of drinks used for religious purposes. The eighteenth amendment was the first amendment to be repealed.
significance- made the selling of alcohol illegal -
19th amendment
The right to vote for women was created by the twentieth amendment. In 1915 a bill was created with the same goal but did not pass. Twice the billed was passed by only one more person then needed to make it pass.
significance- Prohibited the permission to vote to be based off go gender -
Immigration Act of 1924
The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of people that could enter the United States through immigration. The act provided immigration visas.
significance- significantly decreased the amount of immigrants able to enter the country. -
John Scopes - The Monkey Trial
John Scopes was a teacher that was a accused of teaching evolution. This would of violated a law in Tennessee, therefore he was put on trial.
significance- the teacher was found guilty for breaking a Tennessee law by teaching evolution. -
20th amendment
The twentieth amendment establishes the beginning and end to the terms of elected federal officials.
significance- determines when government elected offices end and what happens if a president dies. -
21st amendment
The twenty-first amendment was created to abolish the prohibition and repeal the eighteenth amendment.
significance- made it legal to sell alcohol -
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Red Scare
The scare through the United States that came from the communist threats to the United States.
significance- people had fears that the United States would not win and the country would be taken over by communist parties.