Social Developments: Anti-Immigration Views Flashcards
What was a fear in the USA with the Melting Pot?
That some cultures would not be able to Assimilate in the USA
Name an anti-immigration measurement passed before 1890
1882 Chinese Exclusion Act
When was the Immigration Restriction League formed?
1894
What was the ‘Red Scare’?
The fear of Communism spreading in the USA
When did the First Red Scare occur?
Late 1910s
What event occurred which started the Red Scare?
The 1917 Russian Revolution
When was an Immigration Act passed in the 1910s?
1917
How did the 1917 Immigration Act limit the entrance of immigrants?
It applied a literacy test for all Immigrants
When were both Immigration Acts of the 1910s passed?
1917 and 1918
What did the 1918 Immigration Act do?
Limit immigration from countries such as Russia
Who were Eugenics?
People that wanted to sterilise certain people in society
What Darwinist theory did Eugenics base their ideas on?
Social Darwinism
What did Eugenics fear about genes being passed on by poor people?
It would mean there would be more poor people
What group did Margaret Sanger create?
American Birth Control League
Who did Margaret Sanger support the sterilisation of?
Disabled people
What fraction of states decided sterilisation should not occur?
2/3
How many people were sterilised unwillingly by eugenics?
60,000 people
Which President was a eugenic?
Theodore Roosevelt
