The period of Political repression in Indo-China starting in 1927 by the Republic of China government. Wanting to consolidate its rule on its remaining territories, the KMT imposed harsh political suppression measures, which included enacting martial law, executing suspected leftists or those they suspected to be sympathetic toward the Chinese Communist Party
State ratifying conventions are one of the two methods established by Article V of the United States Constitution for ratifying proposed constitutional amendments. The only amendment that was ratified through this method is the 21st Amendment.