isolationism - changing atitudes towards imigration in the 1920's Flashcards
KU - after the outbreak of ww1 what were people led to believe? why? examples?
anything and everyone german was the enemy.
government propiganda led them to believe this
people changes their german surnames and schools/collages stopped teaching german language
KU - post ww1 what did america refuse to do?
join the league of nations and they also refused to accept the terms of the treaty of versials.
america believed europe to be unstable
A - therefor the american polocy of isolationism could be considered the most important reason for changing atitudes towards imigration as…
evidently the events of the war influenced americas decision to isolate herself and also made her more warey of eastern europeans.
imigration restrictions that went on to be introduced effected german and eastern europeans far more than any other
A+ - however, isolationism was not the main reason for changing atitudes towards imigeation because…
irish imigrants were suspected of being anti-british. this would have suited americas policy of isolationism yet imogration amongst the irish population actually DECLINED by 19% post war
E - upon evaluation…
whilst isolationsim did controbute to changing atitides this was still not to the same extent as recism and prejudice.
for america to explicitly ban eastern european imigrants would have veeb racist so instead the government introduced laws that would make this more dificult
E continued - what was a racist and prejudicial law that was introduced?
A litracy test was put in place as an obsticle before imigration with the knowlage that litracy skills were poorer in eastern europe so it was unlikely that many would pass the test
