Group 1 from Mrs. Brown's Period 6
55752106 | Red Scare | Aggressive repression of radicals in the years immediately following World War I | |
55752107 | Ku Klux Klan | Organization that was revitalized in the 1920's. It was antiforeign, anti-Catholic, anti-Jewish, antipacifist, anti-Communist, anti-internationalist, antievolutionist, antibootlegger, antigambling, antiadultery, and anti-birth control | |
55752108 | Emergency Quota Act | Limited immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe by stating that in a year, total immigration from any country could only equal 3 percent of the number of immigrations from that country living in the United States in 1910 | |
55752109 | Lindbergh Law | Law that made interstate abduction in certain circumstances a death-penalty offense | |
55752110 | Al Capone | A murderous booze distributor and famous gangster who began six years of gang warfare that generated millions of dollars | |
55752111 | Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer | Rounded up questionable suspects of radicalism during the Red Scare | |
55752112 | Immigration Act of 1924 | Act that marked the end of an era of unrestricted immigration to the United States |