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Eugene V. Debs
was an American union leader and one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The ship sunk and one thousand one hundred nineteen of the 1,924 aboard died. -
Zimmerman Telegram
an internal diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office -
Sedition Act
was an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses. -
Red Scare
the promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism. -
Immigration Act of 1924
limited the amount of immigrants to enter the united states. -
John Scopes- Monkey Trail
an American legal case in 1925 in which a substitute high school teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act. -
18th - 21st amendments
18th amendment: prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States
19th amendment: prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex.
20th amendment: a simple amendment that sets the dates at which federal (United States) government elected offices end
21st amendment: the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. -
Jim crows laws
state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States.