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one reason why Americans were against immigration
unemployment they feared new immigrants would steal their jobs and that they would force the wages down
another reason why Americans were against immigration
uneducated/unskilled new immigrants were uneducated and didn’t have much skills and didn’t speak other languages so they didn’t have much to add to the american way of life
another reason why immigrants were against immigration
unwilling to mix they would only settle among their own countries and wouldn’t mix with other countries
another reason why americans were against immigration
house shortage new immigrants were created pressure and had already scarce housing
another reason why americans were against immigration
social problems because the poorest areas were inhabited by new immigrants all the problems were blamed on them
another reason why americans were against immigration
inferiority the WASP’s feared that immigrants from south and east europe would want to live life in america their way with their own religious beliefs
one experience of black americans during ww2
tuskegee airmen was the group to be trained by the us air force and they defended us bombers from german fighter planes
another experience of black americans during ww2
more than half a million black american soldiers in europe on d day and included 1,700 troops
another experience of black americans during ww2
double v campaign it was launched by civil rights groups to campaign for victory at home and military victory
another experience of black americans during ww2
executive order 8802 there would be no discrimination and they would investigate any claims of unfair discrimination
one experience of black americans in the northern cities
near the end of the nineteenth century black Americans started to move their homes from the south to the north for better wages and life away from segregation
another experience of black Americans in the northern cuties
northern cities were known as promised land for black americans and a land of milk and honey
another experience of black americans in northern cities
they wanted to escape sharecropping and believed that wages were better
another experience of black americans in northern cities
migration continued in the 1920’s and 1930’s but the 1940’s saw the largest black migration as they needed as many workers they could get
another experience of black Americans in the northern cities
nearly 1 million black Americans moved to the north but in 1950’s a third of all black americans lived outside the south over 6 million black americans lived in the north
another experience of black americans in northern cities
in new york the growth of black culture music and art and new music and dance created pride in being black
one thing that happened st selma
it was a march organised by martin luther king from selma all the way to birmingham that began march 7th 600 marchers
another thing that happened at selma
when all the marchers reached the outskirts they were attacked by state troops and local police
another thing that happened at selma
march on selma was known as bloody sunday marting luther king and his supporters marched along the same route on march 21st
another thing that happened at selma
martin luther king gave a speech to a crowd of 25,000 people withing hours of this speech a white 39 year old was murdered
another thing that happened at selma
martin luther king was in prison as he led demonstrations to protest on how difficulty of many black trying to vote
another thing that happened at selma
martin luther king believed that the fear of wanting to vote or difficulty was vital if civil rights won
race riots 1
police were seen as the enemy as mostly everyone on the force was white and the police would harass young black children
race riots 2
poverty and unemployment they didn’t get much job oppurtunities so they didn’t earn money and they didn’t like that they didn’t get money as they couldn’t buy things like food
race riots 3
healthcare they didn’t have a lot of medical centres in the ghettos and they couldn’t get medical care even if they needed it they got ill faster
race riots 4
lack of social investment black americans got angry because of their living conditions and the poor quality they were overcrowded but forced to endure it
race riots 5
lack of education children in the ghettos didnt get much of an education so they might not of been able to get good jobs as they werent skilled
race riots 6
protesting they took civil rights protest into their own hands as ways to use violence cause they wanted black power
