Chapter Objectives Nativism Resurges Controlling
Chapter Objectives
Controlling Immigration (cont.)
Section 1: A Clash of Values
• Immigrants from the Western Hemisphere were exempt. • Mexican immigrants began pouring into the U.S. between 1914 and the end of the 1920s*
• Explain the rise in racism and nativism in the 1920s. • Describe the clash of values in the 1920s and the changing status of women.
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Nativism Resurges
The New Morality
• In the 1920s, racism and nativism increased.
• A “new morality” challenged traditional ideas and glorified personal freedom • The automobile gave American youth the opportunity to pursue interests away from the home
• Woodrow Wilson embraced this idea and reinvigorated the idea of immigration control.
• The flapper, a young, dramatic, stylish, and unconventional woman, exemplified the change in women’s behavior*
• The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) led the movement to restrict immigration. • This new Klan targeted any group believed to have “un-American” values* (pages 482–484) Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information.
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Controlling Immigration
The Fundamentalist Movement
• In 1921, the Emergency Quota Act, limited immigration to 3 percent of the total number of people in any ethnic living in the U.S.
• Many people joined a religious movement called Fundamentalism • Fundamentalists rejected the theory of evolution, and believed in creationism–as described in the Bible.
• The National Origins Act of 1924 lowered the quotas to 2 percent and made immigrant restriction a permanent policy. • These acts reduced the labor pool in the United States*
• Billy Sunday was a very popular preacher during this movement*
(pages 486–487)
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Prohibition • Many felt the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting alcohol, would reduce unemployment, domestic violence, and poverty • Many ignored Prohibition and went to secret bars called speakeasies. • Crime became big business, and gangsters corrupted many local government leaders*
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Prohibition (cont.) • The Twenty-first Amendment(1933) ended Prohibition. • It was a defeat for supporters of traditional values and those who favored the use of government to achieve moral reform**
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Controlling Immigration (cont.)
Section 1: A Clash of Values
• Immigrants from the Western Hemisphere were exempt. • Mexican immigrants began pouring into the U.S. between 1914 and the end of the 1920s*
• Explain the rise in racism and nativism in the 1920s. • Describe the clash of values in the 1920s and the changing status of women.
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Nativism Resurges
The New Morality
• In the 1920s, racism and nativism increased.
• A “new morality” challenged traditional ideas and glorified personal freedom • The automobile gave American youth the opportunity to pursue interests away from the home
• Woodrow Wilson embraced this idea and reinvigorated the idea of immigration control.
• The flapper, a young, dramatic, stylish, and unconventional woman, exemplified the change in women’s behavior*
• The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) led the movement to restrict immigration. • This new Klan targeted any group believed to have “un-American” values* (pages 482–484) Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information.
(pages 484–486) Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information.
Controlling Immigration
The Fundamentalist Movement
• In 1921, the Emergency Quota Act, limited immigration to 3 percent of the total number of people in any ethnic living in the U.S.
• Many people joined a religious movement called Fundamentalism • Fundamentalists rejected the theory of evolution, and believed in creationism–as described in the Bible.
• The National Origins Act of 1924 lowered the quotas to 2 percent and made immigrant restriction a permanent policy. • These acts reduced the labor pool in the United States*
• Billy Sunday was a very popular preacher during this movement*
(pages 486–487)
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Prohibition • Many felt the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting alcohol, would reduce unemployment, domestic violence, and poverty • Many ignored Prohibition and went to secret bars called speakeasies. • Crime became big business, and gangsters corrupted many local government leaders*
(pages 487–488) Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answer.
Prohibition (cont.) • The Twenty-first Amendment(1933) ended Prohibition. • It was a defeat for supporters of traditional values and those who favored the use of government to achieve moral reform**
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