Identify/define and Explain the Significance of the Following: Umayyads

question 11

Short Answer

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Umayyads.

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Definitions:

Mann Act

A U.S. federal law passed in 1910, formally known as the White-Slave Traffic Act, which made it a felony to engage in interstate or foreign commerce transport of "any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose."

Immoral Purposes

Activities or intentions that are considered to be morally wrong or unethical by societal standards.

Congress

The bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States consisting of two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Plessy V. Ferguson

A significant 1896 decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that affirmed the legality of racial segregation, as long as the separate facilities were equal.