Immingrants Flashcards
Who were Saco and Vanzetti?
Italian anarchists who were put on trail.
What were they on trail for?
In April 1921 - robbery of a shoe store
150000 stolen
What were they sentenced to?
July - electric chair
How many confirmed they weren’t the killers?
107
How many people said they were guilty?
61
In 1921 what did the law limit immigrants to?
350000 each year
What were the 4 different groups?
- Old immigrants
- New immigrants
- Black Americans
- First Americans
Old immigrants
1900s white English speakers most powerful
New immigrants
Mainly from The USSR , Poland , Italy , Hungary and Greece
Black Americans
Millions of men women and children were taken to work as slaves.
First Americans
white settlers took their land and forced them to live in reservations.
What was the immigration law in 1917?
Everyone had to prove they could read English
What was the immigration law in 1924?
2% of the countries population
What was the law on immigration in 1929?
150000 a year
Asia was completely blocked
