USA --> Intolerance In 1920s Flashcards
What characterized the 1920s in the USA?
(Intolerance)
Peripd of contradictions and contrasts, with both tolerance and intolerance
What is an example of tolerance in the 1920s?
Jobs were given in Ford factories,
visa applications were available during the 1920s.
How did black Americans face discrimination in the 1920s?
Black Americans moved north to work in the lowest-paid sector
facied discrimination in factories where production increased
Many were Sharecroppers, who gave a part of their crops to landowners in return for land
How were black people segregated in the 1920s?
1) Black people were segregated into slum areas like Harlem, exemplifying intolerance.
2) Jim Crow Laws enforced this segregation
3) lynchings created a permanent fear among black Americans.
How were Native Americans treated in the 1920s?
Gov made Native Americans stay in reservations with poor land, leading to poverty, poor education, and ill health.
Their living conditions were not suitable for farming, and they struggled to prosper.
What was the Red Scare, and how did it impact immigrants?
The fear of communist and anarchist ideas from Eastern Europe, especially Russia , led to the Red Scare (1919-21).
New Immigrants from S+E Europe brought these ideologies
They organised Strikes & bomb blasts
–>resulting in arrests, deportations, and intolerance towards recent immigrants.
How did religious intolerance manifest in the 1920s?
WASPs (White Anglo-Saxon Protestants), considered fundamentalists (lfollow religion litaerally), did not tolerate religions other than theirs.
Blacks, Jews, and Catholics were viewed as inferior, leading social tensions.
What was the Scopes Trial, and what did it signify?
The Scopes Trial in Tennessee involved the teaching of Charles Darwin’s evolution theory of man by biology teacher John Scopes, leading to clashes with fundamentalist views.
(in Tennessee, the law stated that the evolution of man is not be studied in school)
how did the Ku Klux Klan exhibit intolerance?
The Ku Klux Klan, founded in 1864, targeted not only black people but also Catholics, Jews, foreigners, liberals, and homosexuals, engaging in extreme acts of violence.
What were the key aspects of immigration policy in the 1920s?
The Emergency Quota Act (1921) limited immigrants to 357,000
National Origins Act (1924) limited immigrants to 150,000
preference for W Europe
Immigrants from China and Japan were banned entirely, reflecting intolerance.
Who were Sacco and Vanzetti, and what was their impact?
Italian-Americans arrested in 1927 for armed robbery and suspicion of murder in Massachusetts, they were anarchists
They weren’t proven guilty
Their case led to international protests against their execution.
