Social Developments: 1920s Immigration legislation and Ford's view on Immigrants

Question 1

What form of the media companies did Henry Ford buy a lot of in the 1920s?

Answer 1

Newspaper companies

Question 2

What was the purpose Ford buying many newspaper companies?

Answer 2

To spread Anti-Semitic messages

Question 3

How many Anti-Semitic articles did newspapers owned by Ford make?

Answer 3

91 articles

Question 4

What conspiracy did Henry Ford make against Jews in his newspapers?

Answer 4

He said Jews were trying to take over the world

Question 5

What was the scale of Ford’s Anti-Semitic newspaper?

Answer 5

It was the 2nd most circulated newspaper in the USA

Question 6

Which immigration act was passed in 1924?

Answer 6

Johnson-Reed Act

Question 7

What did the Johnson Reed act limit the immigration of groups of people to?

Answer 7

Only White Anglo Saxon Protestants could immigrate to America

Question 8

In what year did 800,000 immigrants come to the USA in the 1920s?

Answer 8

1921

Question 9

How many immigrants came into America in 1925?

Answer 9

150,000 immigrants

Question 10

By what factor did Jewish immigration to America reduce from 1921 to 1926?

Answer 10

Reduced by a factor of 24

Question 11

How can it be seen the 1924 Johnson Reed Act was radical in terms of which foreigner liked the idea of it?

Answer 11

Hitler liked the idea of the Johnson-Reed Act