There were positive effects as well as negative effects.<span>
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<span>D. They both were elected officials in Tennessee and later assisted Texas in their fight for independence</span>
The U.S. Declares War on Germany. On April 2, 1917, Wilson went before a special joint session of Congress and asked for a declaration of war against Germany, stating: “The world must be made safe for democracy.
The purpose of the Force Acts was primarily to "<span>(A) limit the actions of the Ku Klux Klan," since the Ku Klux Klan was making it difficult for the federal government to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment. </span>
