Social Developments: Anti-Immigration Views Flashcards
1
Q
What was a fear in the USA with the Melting Pot?
A
That some cultures would not be able to Assimilate in the USA
2
Q
Name an anti-immigration measurement passed before 1890
A
1882 Chinese Exclusion Act
3
Q
When was the Immigration Restriction League formed?
A
1894
4
Q
What was the ‘Red Scare’?
A
The fear of Communism spreading in the USA
5
Q
When did the First Red Scare occur?
A
Late 1910s
6
Q
What event occurred which started the Red Scare?
A
The 1917 Russian Revolution
7
Q
When was an Immigration Act passed in the 1910s?
A
1917
8
Q
How did the 1917 Immigration Act limit the entrance of immigrants?
A
It applied a literacy test for all Immigrants
9
Q
When were both Immigration Acts of the 1910s passed?
A
1917 and 1918
10
Q
What did the 1918 Immigration Act do?
A
Limit immigration from countries such as Russia
