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President Woodrow Wilson issued two sets of regulations on April 6, 1917, and November 16, 1917, imposing restrictions on German-born male residents of the United States over the age of 14. The rules were written to include natives of Germany who had become citizens of countries other than the U.S.; all were classified as aliens. [ 5 ]
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921.He was the only Democrat to serve as president during the Progressive Era when Republicans dominated the presidency and legislative branches.
The United States declared war on the German Empire on April 6, 1917. President Woodrow Wilson asked a special joint session of the United States Congress for a declaration of war on April 2, 1917, passing in the Senate on the same day and then in the House of Representatives four days later on April 6. Wilson signed it into law on the same day.
President Woodrow Wilson used the act to bar citizens of enemies of the United States from possessing firearms and explosives, residing in certain areas and publishing certain materials, among ...
A Companion to Woodrow Wilson 2013. pp. 270–86 ISBN 978-1-4443-3737-2 OCLC 808244737; Kennedy, Ross A. Woodrow Wilson, World War I, and America’s Strategy for Peace and Security (2009). Koistinen, Paul. Mobilizing for Modern War: The Political Economy of American Warfare, 1865–1919 Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1997. Knock, Thomas J.
President Woodrow Wilson, in his December 7, 1915 State of the Union address, asked Congress for the legislation. [5] Congress moved slowly. Even after the U.S. broke diplomatic relations with Germany, when the Senate passed a version on February 20, 1917, the House did not vote before the then-current session of Congress ended.
A. Mitchell Palmer. The Palmer Raids were a series of raids conducted in November 1919 and January 1920 by the United States Department of Justice under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson to capture and arrest suspected socialists, especially anarchists and communists, and deport them from the United States.
“Woodrow Wilson pardoned his brother-in-law, Hunter deButts,” the post’s caption reads in part. It goes on to mention Bill Clinton’s pardon of his brother, Roger, and former President ...