Events that impacted Civil Rights

1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts

1861 The Civil War and Executive Power

1919 World War I and the First Amendment

1942 World War II and Japanese Internment

1951 The Cold War Against Communism

1968 The Vietnam War and Political Protest

1984 The Covert War in Nicaragua and Martial Law

2001 9/11 and the War on Terrorism