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Emergency Powers Act of 1920

1920 · importance 2/5 · ai_extracted

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Tragedy and Hope pp. 410-412 · open book
The Conservatives prevented any realistic attack on these problems, and passed the Emergency Powers Act of 1920, which, for the first time in English history, gave a peacetime government the right to proclaim a state of siege (as was done in 1920, 1921, and 1926).

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Start date (EDTF) 1920 End date (EDTF, empty for a point event)

1914 · 1914-07-28 · -0489 (490 BCE) · 1930~ (circa) · 19XX (century) · 197X (decade)

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