Changing attitudes towards immigration

1919 Palmer Raids, a red scare were 6000 "suspected communists" were arrested
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1919 Palmer Raids, a red scare were 6000 "suspected communists" were arrested
Fear of revolution
Image: 1919 Palmer Raids, a red scare were 6000 "suspected communists" were arrested
Two Italian anarchists who were charged and convicted of murder and robbery despite weak evidence against them. - Sacco and Venzetti ,
Fear of revolution
Image: Two Italian anarchists who were charged and convicted of murder and robbery despite weak evidence against them. - Sacco and Venzetti ,
1919 huge general strike , wasps blamed it on the new immigrants and the communists
Fear Of Revolution
Image: 1919 huge general strike , wasps blamed it on the new immigrants and the communists
Many immigrants would live in ghettos and live in certain areas together such as Chicago or New York
Economic and social
Image: Many immigrants would live in ghettos and live in certain areas together such as Chicago or New York
German languages were stopped at school and businesses were boycotted
WW1 and isolationism
Image: German languages were stopped at school and businesses were boycotted
Many wanted to return to the policy of 'isolationism'. They regretted that the USA had gotten involved in a 'European' war and now wanted to focus on their own interests
WW1 and isolationism
Image: Many wanted to return to the policy of 'isolationism'. They regretted that the USA had gotten involved in a 'European' war and now wanted to focus on their own interests
Kenneth Roberts called polish Jews "worthless and futile"
Prejudice and Racism
Image: Kenneth Roberts called polish Jews "worthless and futile"
Growth of nativism - the protection of American purity
Prejudice and racism
Image: Growth of nativism - the protection of American purity
Immigration Restriction League was a WASP organisation that put pressure on the government to introduce the Literacy test which would affect those immigrants who couldn't speak English
Prejudice and racism
Image: Immigration Restriction League was a WASP organisation that put pressure on the government to introduce the Literacy test which would affect those immigrants who couldn't speak English
1907 Dillingham Commission found that in the 1880s the majority of immigrants came from southern and Eastern Europe
Prejudice and racism
Image: 1907 Dillingham Commission found that in the 1880s the majority of immigrants came from southern and Eastern Europe
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 restricted chinese immigrantsWW1 and isolationismThe Emergency Immigration Act, 1921, allowed only 3% of each nationality to arrivePrejudice and Racismby 1920, There was increasing hostility towards 'new' immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe, from Americans who were descendants of 'Old' immigrants from Western and Northern EuropeIntroductionAs a result of the 1917 Literacy Tests being introduced, many immigrants were turned away as they could not speak English.Prejudice and racism