immigration Flashcards
give 3 reasons why people were fleeing to america
escape poverty
escape persecution
start a new life / hope of prosperity
what was the melting pot theory?
where all immigrants would forget their culture / customs / religious beliefs and become americans
what happened in reality to the melting pot theory?
most immigrants proud of cultures didn’t want to forget them
created tension between white americans and immigrants
give some examples of other racial tensions other than blacks and whites
blacks from caribbean looked down on blacks from africa
immigrants from northern europe looked down on southern / eastern europeans
mexicans looked down on blacks
why were americans concerned with immigrants entering the country?
worried about spread of radical ideas
e.g
communism from russia
anarchism from italy
how many immigrants from GB?
5 million
how many immigrants from Germany?
4.4 million
how many immigrants from Russia?
2.7 million
how many immigrants from Itlay?
3.2 million
how many immigrants from Ireland?
2 million
what racist film was released in LA in 1915 by director D.W.Griffith?
the birth of a nation
what test was put in place in 1917 to ‘catch’ immigrants out?
literacy test
many immigrants had poor education so failed and were refused entry to US
what act was passed in 1918?
anarchist exclusion act
what was the anarchist exclusion act?
any immigrants stayed in america for over 5 yrs wouldn’t be deported
any deported immigrants that returned = 5 yrs in prison
when was the emergency quota act introduced?
1921
what was the emergency quota act?
restricted no. of immigrants to 357 ,000 year
what was the 1921 statute that stopped teachers instructing both white and black students in the same facility?
oklahoma statute
what act was passed in 1924?
the national origins act
what did the national origins act do?
reduced no. of immigrants allowed into US to 150,000 per year
prohibited immigration from asia
what was the racial integrity act from 1924?
prohibited interracial marriage in virginia
what act was passed in 1926 that meant that all public meeting spaces must be segregated?
the public assemblages act
what social sterotypes appeared in 1930?
if you had any trace of african american ancestry you were considered a black person
