Timeline #2

By yvng_rob

  • Eugene V. Debs

    He was one of the first people convicted under the sedition act.

  • Jim Crow laws

    These were the "separate but equal" laws that discriminated against the blacks.

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    This was the first attempt at white racial purity.

  • Sinking of the Lusitania

    With the death of 27 innocent americans the sinking of the Lusitania caused the US to enter WW1.

  • Zimmerman Telegram

    This was a new form of communication that set an alliance between Germany and Mexico.

  • Sedition Act

    This made contempt of court illegal.

  • 18th - 21st amendments

    The 21st amendment repealed the 18th this was the only time where a amendment was ever repealed this allowed the legal comsumsion of whiskey.

  • Immigration Act of 1924

    This law was meant to protect the US from dangerous immigrants.

  • The Monkey Trial

    This famous trail was famous for contradicting the general christian belief in the US but also contridicticed the first amendment and made the theory that we all defended from monkeys.

  • Red Scare

    This period led to the fear of communism and nuclear war because during the cold war this seemed likely to happen.