To what extent was the First World War the key factor in the US decision to restrict immigration in the years 1917 to 1929 Flashcards
Who stated “they constitute a menace and a danger to us everyday” in regards to immigrants?
Senator Heflin
What did the 1917 Immigration Act require?
All immigrants must be able to read English, not be from Asia and pay an immigration fee of $8
What did the 1921 Emergency Quota Act require?
Number of eastern immigrants could not be more than 3% of those who were in the US in 1910 (357,000 per year)
What did the 1924 Johnson-Reed Immigration Act require?
Maximum number of immigrants could not be more than 154,000 a year, only 2% of the number of eastern immigrants that were in the US in 1890 could enter, only 20,000 European and 4000 non-European
What did Madison Grant popularise?
The Nordic race
What was Madison Grant the Vice President of?
Immigration Restriction League
How did those who followed eugenics describe immigrants?
“degenerate” and “criminal”
How many states prevented marriage between whites and non whites?
42
What is an example of legislation that eugenicists lobbied for?
1924 act to preserve racial integrity - Virginia
What was the membership of the KKK in 1925?
4 million
How many women were members of the KKK at its peak?
500,000
Where did the KKK organise a march in 1925 and how many members attended?
25,000 members marched down Pennsylvania Avenue
In Georgia, who got elected to the US senate over 2 Jewish candidates due to their membership of the KKK?
Earl Mayfield
Why were Sacco and Vanzetti originally arrested and what came to light during their trial?
Originally arrested in 1920 on suspicion of armed robbery and murder; however, it later came to light that they were anarchists
When and why were Sacco and Vanzetti executed?
Executed in 1927 for being enemies of the state based on their belief in anarchism
At the highest point of immigration, what percentage of those in New York were immigrant families?
80%
What did mass immigration lead to in cities?
Overcrowding
Why were immigrants offered more job prospects?
They provided cheap labour eg. the Slavic miners in Pennsylvania
What year was the Seattle General Strike?
1919
In total, how many workers protested for wage increases during the Seattle General Strike?
60,000
How did the press label the Seattle General Strike?
“Marxist”
When was A Mitchell Palmer’s Washington house bombed?
June 1919
How many people were arrested for subscribing to communism on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution (7th November 1919)?
10,000
How many people were deported on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution (7th November 1919) for being communists?
247
When did A Mitchell Palmer state that there was going to be a Communist Revolution?
1st May 1920
