Table of Contents Pg 1- Editorial Pg 2- Immigrants where are they coming from? Pg 3- KKK is rising by the fear of new immigrants. Pg 4- Political Cartoon. Pg 5- Immigration Quota, good or evil. Pg 6- Political Cartoon. Pg 7- Nativism, is it good or bad for America? Pg 8- Political Cartoon. Pg 9- Bibliography.
Editorial:Why did Nativism increase in the 1920s? What were their consequences? Two Italian immigrants, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, were falsely accused of murder and executed. This was because of nativism. What consequences did nativism have on America? First of all, what even is Nativism? Nativism is a policy for the people who think that they are the only ones that belong in America and they don’t want anyone who is not from America to be in America. They’re worried that if too many immigrants come to America they would bring new traditions, take away jobs and start crime. Yet, they did nothing like this, they were accused of it, but it was things any American would do.
The nativism mind set led to the creation of the Immigration Quota. A quota that limited the number of visas that could be given out to immigrants. The nativism supported this law because now the numbers of immigrants immigrating to America would be less. Immigrants were still coming, but the number of immigrants is way less. Both sides of the spectrum agreed to it. That’s not to say it did nothing bad though. The quota made it so Asian people were excluded from entering at all. This infuriated the Japanese. America and Japan made an agreement known as the “Gentlemen's Agreement”. The agreement was that
People like the KKK, have the
America would never exclude the
nativism mind set. While nativism can be
immigrants of Japan. This increased the
wholesome, this organization takes this
tension that we already have between them.
philosophy to a whole nother level. They
The Nativism mind set led the way to the
think that people in America should be 100%
worst tension we can have with Japan, this
American. Due to the recent rise in
can even lead us to a war. So yeah, nativism
immigration, the KKK has begun to witness
did lead to some pretty hefty consequences.
a resurgence in members as well. They're trying to pass laws in the United States that would make immigrants illegal. This is atrocious. We shouldn’t be excluding immigrants, they could potentially change America for the good.
Immigrants and Where They’re Coming From By Jake Panek Who are the immigrants coming to America? Many immigrants across North and East Europe had begun to migrate to America starting in the late 1800s. Many US citizens began to take on a mindset of xenophobia, and many were afraid of the influence of immigrants upon the American culture. An Immigration Quota was set into motion in 1924 by the United States government, limiting annual immigration numbers to 165,000. Previous amounts of more than 200,000 Italian immigrants flooding into the US was limited to less than 4,000 by this quota, and naturally many people were upset.
Sacco and Vanzetti Trial Two Italian immigrants who came to the United States were great cause for political tension. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. These two names were controversially accused of murder. It was discovered that the two were anarchists, and this fact was used heavily against them in court and eventually resulted in them being found guilty and later executed. After their execution, groundbreaking evidence was found proving the men not guilty, erupting in outrage across many American immigrants.
How has the Fear of new Immigrants Inspired the Rise of the KKK By: James Frantz Why does the KKK hate new immigrants coming from everywhere, well that's a story for later. First of all immigrants are coming here because they practically want to restart in life and live a better one, well a lot of people don't want other people from other countries to come here. And because of that many people joined the KKK to rebel against immigrants coming because they wanted it to be 100% american.
After the jim crow laws passed it gave all the southerners a lot of rights and one of them being they can start rebellion or protest from their opinions and one of those for most of the southerners where they did not like the idea of a lot of new immigrants growing and spreading around america where they wanted it to be 100% american
Immigration Quota: Good or Evil? By: Cristian Ayala The Immigration Quota, one of the most strict system known in America. First of all, What even is the Immigration Quota? What did it even do? Why was it made? Well, it’s a newish quota that limited the amount of immigrant that could enter the US by limiting the visa amount. Vermont William P. Dillingham created the calculation system for it. At first, it was calculated by getting the total number of foreign borns of each nationality in the U.S based on numbers in 1920, only accepting 3% of it. This was in 1921, but now it got even more stricter, only allowing 2%. What did it not do? Who supported it? Who was against it? The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) supported it. President Coolidge was the one who pushed the law saying “America must be kept American.” With its new system Asians were not admitted to the US. This angered the Japanese specifically. Their reason is because the quota violated the “Gentlemen Agreement” The agreement was that the United States would never put any restriction on Japanese immigrants. President Wilson was the one who opposed it, wanting a more Liberal Immigration Policy.
Was it Good? Or was it Evil? It did lower the immigration number by a margin number. Though it did make the Japanese mad. Now we have even more tension between the Japanese, we might even go to war by it. Though it was supported, there were some people who supported it, while having a racist mind of it. For example the KKK, they didn’t want anyone to anyone to get into the country because of their racist mindset. So all in all, it did its job, but did it poorly.
Nativism: Is it Good or Bad for America? By:Ever Faustino
What is the problem with immigrants and nativism? Nativists say that they don’t like how immigrants brought the these new things to the United States like languages, customs and religions. They claim that immigrants new religions create anxiety and racial animosity. Why are Americans leaving the cities to the country? Cities are getting full with immigrants because immigrants need jobs and the cities are starting to fill in. Everything is getting crowded, so many Americans are deciding that it is best to leave the cities. Rural Americans feel like their way of life is in danger. They moved away from the cities to escape the many immigrants. Immigrants are taking jobs which causes Americans feel like they are being threatened. The National Origins Act of 1924 restricted immigration and the flood of immigrants into American slowed down. Some feel this goes too far and discriminates against those trying to find a better life.
The National Origins Act of 1924 had two central themes for immigration policy for most of the 20 century. First it privileged North and South Americans as well as Northern and Western Europeans. Some thought this was because of their skin color. They had more rights than other immigrants, and they fit in better and were treated more equally. Nativists were being selfish and didn’t want to share the wealth of their country with those who came looking for a better life. Immigrants helped build the country and made it what is is today.
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