Great Depression Flashcards
In the south:
Jim Crow Laws
What was “The Great Migration?”
The movement of African Americans from the south to the North.
Define Nativism.
A policy: protecting the interests of native-born citizens against those of immigrants.
How does congress restrict immigration?
By setting quotas: a limit on the # of immigrants who can enter the country.
Where had many immigrants came from?
Southern and Eastern Europe.
Who did the KKK (Klu Klux Klan) begin to target?
Immigrants, Catholics, and Jews.
What did the great migration expose?
Racism in northern cities.
Fear that the Bolshevik (Communist) Revolution in ……. Might spread to the to the U.S.
Russia
What types of strikes were happening more often?
Labor strikes.
What were labor unions connected with the influence of?
Communism
Where were some attempted bombings directed towards in prominent American……?
Political & business
Define “Red Scare”
Fear that communism would spread to the U.S.
How were strikes ended?
By the hiring of Replacement Workers.
How else were workers ended?
Workers were beaten, jailed, or shot.
What is “The Palmer Raids”
The justice department conducted searches & seized property resulting in thousands if arrests on the basis of the Espionage & Sedition Acts.
