4.8 Timeline

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  • Jim Crow Laws

    These laws enforced racial segregation in the South.
  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    This act prohibited all immigration of Chinese workers.
  • Eugene V. Debs

    He was the president of the Railway Union. The Union ran a successful strike to get higher wages.
  • Sinking of the Lusitania

    The loss of many lives outraged Britain and the U.S., which led to the U.S. declaring war against Germany.
  • Zimmerman Telegram

    It was a secret communication that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of WW1.
  • Sedition Act

    This act covered a wider range of offenses, speech, and opinion that casts the government in a bad light.
  • 18th - 21st Amendments

    The 18th-21st Amendments prohibit manufacturing, women gain the right to vote, people of power will step down, and alcohol is prohibited.
  • Red Scare

    The Red Scare was a threat about a rise of communism, anarchism, or radical leftism. People often feared immigrants due to this reason.
  • Immigration Act of 1924

    This act limited the amount of immigrants that were allowed to enter America.
  • John Scopes - The Monkey Trial

    This was a trial that lasted eight days due to John Thomas being accused of violating his teaching right.