immigration

Question 1

give 3 reasons why people were fleeing to america

Answer 1

escape poverty

escape persecution

start a new life / hope of prosperity

Question 2

what was the melting pot theory?

Answer 2

where all immigrants would forget their culture / customs / religious beliefs and become americans

Question 3

what happened in reality to the melting pot theory?

Answer 3

most immigrants proud of cultures didn’t want to forget them

created tension between white americans and immigrants

Question 4

give some examples of other racial tensions other than blacks and whites

Answer 4

blacks from caribbean looked down on blacks from africa

immigrants from northern europe looked down on southern / eastern europeans

mexicans looked down on blacks

Question 5

why were americans concerned with immigrants entering the country?

Answer 5

worried about spread of radical ideas

e.g

communism from russia

anarchism from italy

Question 6

how many immigrants from GB?

Answer 6

5 million

Question 7

how many immigrants from Germany?

Answer 7

4.4 million

Question 8

how many immigrants from Russia?

Answer 8

2.7 million

Question 9

how many immigrants from Itlay?

Answer 9

3.2 million

Question 10

how many immigrants from Ireland?

Answer 10

2 million

Question 11

what racist film was released in LA in 1915 by director D.W.Griffith?

Answer 11

the birth of a nation

Question 12

what test was put in place in 1917 to ‘catch’ immigrants out?

Answer 12

literacy test

many immigrants had poor education so failed and were refused entry to US

Question 13

what act was passed in 1918?

Answer 13

anarchist exclusion act

Question 14

what was the anarchist exclusion act?

Answer 14

any immigrants stayed in america for over 5 yrs wouldn’t be deported

any deported immigrants that returned = 5 yrs in prison

Question 15

when was the emergency quota act introduced?

Answer 15

1921

Question 16

what was the emergency quota act?

Answer 16

restricted no. of immigrants to 357 ,000 year

Question 17

what was the 1921 statute that stopped teachers instructing both white and black students in the same facility?

Answer 17

oklahoma statute

Question 18

what act was passed in 1924?

Answer 18

the national origins act

Question 19

what did the national origins act do?

Answer 19

reduced no. of immigrants allowed into US to 150,000 per year

prohibited immigration from asia

Question 20

what was the racial integrity act from 1924?

Answer 20

prohibited interracial marriage in virginia

Question 21

what act was passed in 1926 that meant that all public meeting spaces must be segregated?

Answer 21

the public assemblages act

Question 22

what social sterotypes appeared in 1930?

Answer 22

if you had any trace of african american ancestry you were considered a black person