The Civil Rights Act of 1871 gave the US President the power to temporarily get rid of the writ of habeas corpus.
The write of habeas corpus is usually used as a means to stop the government from unlawfully detaining a person. However, in this case, the president agrees to suspend this for a certain amount of time in order to more effectively stop the actions of the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist organizations. At this time, the KKK and other groups were terrorizing newly freed African-American citizens. This was especially true in southern states where slavery used to exist.
<em>The Zimmermann Telegram.</em>
<u>Here is why:</u>
The Zimmermann Telegram was a top secret message from Germany to Mexico which had orders that if Mexico attacked the United States, when Germany won the war, Mexico would get the land back that they previously gave the United States.
Thankfully, Great Britain decoded the telegram and told the United States, who were obviously not happy about this. A speech was given from Woodrow Wilson but the Zimmermann Telegram was not a direct cause of the United States entering World War I, but it was a part of it.
When Woodrow Wilson found out that German submarines were attacking U.S. ships, the line was finally crossed and he declared war. The attacks on United States ships and the Zimmermann Telegram both lead to the United States entering World War I.
The population in Virginia in 1743 was 78,305 is to be exact. <span />
In ancient Greek world male homosexuality was common and didn't attract the same scorn as it did even 100 years ago.So 2,000 years ago it was acceptable and 100 years ago it was unacceptable. When did it change ? and Why did it change ?
