Society in the 1920 Flashcards
What and who are the KKK?
Racism worse in small town, kkk was reborn in the 1915. Used modern business techniques, more brutal method of selling member to follow what was going on in there area (racists areas) and by 1921 there was 100,000 followers.
The leads of the kkk- Edgar Clark and Elizabeth Tyler were professional fundraisers, recruitments were changed $10, the klan made and sold all the robs as well as making profit from the publishing company. kkk attacked all new ideas such as evolution.
who and where was Influence by the KKK
No influence in big cities. Farmers, shopkeepers were there main audience and gave ‘propose’ and something to do in a small town. Klan made up of people who fear change and were unconfident. A leader of the Klan said t was made of ‘Plain people.’ (meaning white people who saw themselves as people who had civilised USA and now threatened by other ethnic groups.)
Had controll over influence in politics. At one point Georgia senators were in the kkk.
why did the KKK collapse
David Stevenson who had built the klan up to a strong political machine, had raped a woman and convicted of murder. This killed a large scale of support for the klan.
They then tried to make it more social, doing outdoor activities . but this angered the extremists who felt the klan had gone soft.
Immigration laws
1921 congress passed Emergency Immigration Law, gave annual ceiling on immigration from european countries.
1924 it was stiffened by Johnson-Reed immigration act- banning all Japanese, and other asian groups.
Did not apply to Mexicans as California farmers uses them for cheep labour.
Racism in immigration
Only welcomed white immigrates. early immigration from southern and eastern Europe lead to racist concerns about anglo-saxon race.
1920 showed 58.5% came from native white parents.
Racists tracks became best sellers, the army had tests to judge intelligence but mostly on american history and geography, which most southern and eastern europeans didn’t know.
The red scare
After war, high inflation, price had doubles in 1920 since 1913. Around 4million stiked in 1919, it was thought that the strikes were being lead by the communists wanting a revolution. Boosters policemen sticked.
Immigrates became associated with communism and trying to over throw the government .
After first world war, and the beginning the the USSR revolution - was red scare - 6000 arrests (known as Palmer Raids) Pamler had become v popular and hoped he could uses the ‘exposure of communist activity’ to help win the presidency election in 1920.
Palmers General Intelligence Division
investigated revolutionary activity, it became the FBI.
Palmer said there was communist demonstrations in New York, however when this didn’t happened the red scare dies out.
Emergency immigration law
1921
1924 the KKK had… members?
5million
Johnson-Read act
1924
Caps on immigration 150,000 people a year.
Banning Asian immigrants.
How and when did the women get the right to vote?
19th Amendment gave women right to vote in the 1920s.
A few states already gave women the right to vote but not all and both Democrats and Republican party had already given the support for woman voting in 1916.
who lead Women Suffrage and what did they do?
Alice Paul organised suffrage paraides in Washington and had lernt from suffragette tactics that it both maximum publicity and disruption was effective.
Who didn’t want women to have the vote?
Alcohol industry because they believed that women would vote for prohibition.
They were right.
Which amendment created probation?
The 18th amendment banned the sale, transportation and manufacture of alcohol in the USA.
Volstead act
defines achole as anything that has half a per cent of alcohol in it.
