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Eugene V. Debs
an American union leader, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World, and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States -
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jim crow laws
state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
the most significant restrictions on free immigration in US history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
Lusitania had the misfortune to fall victim to torpedo attack -
Zimmerman Telegram
diplomatic proposal from the German Empire offering a military alliance with Mexico -
Sedition Act
an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 -
18th amendment
prohibition of alcohol -
19th ammendment
guarantees all American women the right to vote -
Red Scare
the promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism -
Immigration Act of 1924
the Act reduced the immigration limit from 3 percent to 2. -
John Scopes - The Monkey Trial
substitute teacher who had been charged with violating the Butler Act by teaching the theory of evolution in his classes. -
20th ammendment
The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January -
21st ammendment
repealed th e18th ammendment