Immigration Controls Flashcards
1
Q
Before ww1 what was USA known as?
A
The melting pot for races and nationalities
2
Q
What was the 1917 law
A
- immigrants take a literacy test
* however it favoured Northern Europeans
3
Q
What is the 1921 emergency quotas act
A
Allowing 3% of the number from a country who were in the USA in 1910
4
Q
What happened to the emergency quontas act in 1924
A
The restrictions were tightened
5
Q
Who are the immigrants who were wrongly convicted
A
Sacco and Vanzetti •Italian immigrants •107 eyecounts sow rhem at other places •the murderer came forward •yet they were still killed
6
Q
Who didn’t benefit form the economic boom?
A
- native Americans
- poor women
- immigrants
- old industry’s
- farmers
