USA 1 immigration Flashcards
isolationism KU
Term given of staying out of countries affairs
Directed to WW1
Immigrants entering at same time as soldiers
Emergency Immigration Law 1921 - 357,000 immigrants to enter
Quota system
isolationism A
Acts actively encouraged Americans to follow policies
To stay out of affairs
Favoured WASPs
Prove that to isolate = immigrant numbers controlled
isolationism A+
Acts passed before 1920
Chinese Exclusion Act 1882 prevented all chinese to enter
Immigration Act 1917 increased tax and added a literacy test
isolationism E
1924 Origins Act based on racial attitudes
High satisfaction depending where you came form
Didnt want to isolate entirely
social fears KU
Didnt like foreigners
Unskilled, dirty, little english, poor
Congregated in big cities
Awful conditions
Difficult to escape
social fears A
Immigrants were blamed
Taverns, gambling houses and brothels established
Temporary escape
Crime rates high
Journalists took as proof
social fears A+
Real cause = loneliness, illness and poverty
Stole to survive
Coincidence taverns, Nativists visited routinely
Crime rates no higher
social fears E
Sacco and Vanzetti
Arrested for killing 2 men
“Anarchist bastards”
Americans to shift blame
Increased beliefs of all immigrants causing issues to American society
prejudice and racism KU
New viewed with suspicion
Didnt integrate - wore own clothes and language
Dillingham Commission compared new to old
Madison Grant “The Passing of the Great Race” based on racial superiority
prejudice and racism A
MG and DC increased dominance of Nativism
WASPs felt threatened by new immigrants
Turned against them
prejudice and racism A+
MG sold 17,000 copies
Not a lot = America population 102 million
Not all were against immigrants on racial beliefs
prejudice and racism E
Jones “It was not the increased numbers but the change in nature which led to calls for tighter controls” WASPs felt insecure so wanted power
Something which MG preached
economic fears KU
America’s economy dropped after WW1
Soldiers discovered little work available
immigrants blamed
Prepared to work in bad conditions
Employed as strikebreakers
economic fears A
‘American jobs’ kept for Aamericans
Stealing jobs
Trade unions angered
Erode base of foundation
Literacy test to only allow intelligent to enter
economic fears A+
Jobs immigrants had were not Nativist jobs
Employers happy to employ as they could pay lower wages and rely when Nativists went on strike
economic fears E
Hugh Brogan explains government had a law that prevented US from striking. Americans turned anger towards immigrants who were seen as driving these conditions down
fear of revolution KU
1917 russian revolution and communism
Feared immigrants from east would bring it
‘Red Scare’ and ‘Palmer Raids’
Targeted individuals presumed to support
fear of revolution A
Kept in appalling conditions = abused, forced to sign confessions
Fear of revolution was important anti-immigrant stance
600 people deperoted
Prevent significantly
fear of revolution A+
May Day false which humiliated Palmer
11,000 police worked 32 hours straigt wating on the day which was predicted
Lost faith as scare of revolution exaggerated
fear of revolution E
Grant explains Palmer Raids too far
Events such as bombing of wall street “no longer sent them running to check for redds under the bed” FOR not that big of a public issue
Stereotype of all immigrants being revolutions is what called for the change in attitude
