 |
Thurmon King's New Sackett Family Database
|
|
| |
 1879 - 1937 (57 years)
| |
Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1883 | - 15 Oct 1883: Civil Rights Act of 1875 declared unconstitutional
The US Supreme Court ruled the Civil Rights Act of 1875 to be unconstitutional because it illegally banned racial discrimination by private individuals and organizations, rather than state and local governments, because Congress lacked authority to regulate private affairs.
|
| 2 | 1914 | - 28 Jul 1914—11 Nov 1918: World War I
The US entered the war on 6 Apr 1917. Russia withdrew from the war on 3 March 1918, ceding large territories.
|
| 3 | 1920 | - 18 Aug 1920: Women's Suffrage
The Nineteenth Amendment, giving women the right to vote in the USA, was ratified on 18 August 1920 and certified as part of the U.S. Constitution eight days later.
|
|
|
|
|
