Johnathan Richardson DBQ Immigration 3B In the period from 1880 to 1925 the U.S. had millions of immigrants pour into America from all over the world for a variety of reasons. The U.S. government had two outlooks on the situation during this time period. The American people did not agree on the immigrants flowiing into America at such a high rate but as time went on the American.nto the other side of the political spectrum. Many of these theories were based off of racism and the feeling of Anglo-Saxon Supremecy. In 1880 U, S. Congress passed the Chinese exclusion act this act prohibited all Chinese Immigration into the United States, The Chinese were excluded from entering the U.S. because of their willingness to work for less money.
Since a lot of people wanted lower immigration numbers the congress passed the immigration act which decreased the numbers of immigrants from 800,000 increase in a single year to 300,000. Although the number of immigrants had decreased dramatically there was still much hatred among the different ethnicities especially towards the African Americans. This triggered the creation of the Klu Klux Klan also known as the KKK. The Klan began in 1915 for the reason that they wanted America to be filled with people who were just like them. This was led by protestant Americans trying to get America the way it used to be.
Stephen C. Ellington English 111 October 3, 2011 Example essay Discrimination against Hispanic Americans As the economy worsens and job losses soar in America, there has been a steady increase in discrimination toward Hispanics in America. Hispanic workers in the United States are discriminated against in a variety of ways including racial slurs, low wages and stereotyping. This is becoming an ever increasing problem in American Society. While America has always been a melting pot with diverse ethnic cultures the fear is that those who have the least, may suffer the most in this economic downturn as unemployment rises and jobs, become scarce the jobs that were previously not wanted now become a precious commodity. Many Americans believe that Hispanics that are not legal in this country do not deserve to have a job in this country, and have taken away the jobs that are left for Americans.
The Klu Klux Klan was active and the Nativist Movement against blacks, Jews and foreigners was growing (Williams, 1954). The so called ‘new immigration’ of over 800 000 foreigners in 1920 furthered the dislike of foreigners. The Emergency Quota Act of 1921 was passed, establishing a yearly quota limiting immigration (Williams, 1954). This was later replaced by the Immigration Act of 1924, further restricting immigration. The US government also raised tariffs on US exports and imports, to and from Europe in an attempt to strengthen the economy and establish the US as economically independent (Williams, 1954).
Restriction of Entry & 3 Acts Restriction of Entry: As the numbers of immigrants to the USA continued to rise at an increasing pace, some of the American population began to resent the American governments ‘Open Door Policy’. Originally the immigrants had originated from northern and western Europe – Britain, Ireland and Germany (these countries were said to have the ‘WASP’ qualities which Americans wanted to populate their country with). Between 1900 and 1914 13 million immigrants had arrived, mainly from southern and eastern Europe – Italy, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Poland and Greece. Reasons why some Americans took dislike to these immigrants was because: * They were often poor * Many were illiterate * Most could not speak English (the native language of America) * Many were Catholics or Jews and had a very different religious and cultural background to those in America * The traumas of the First World War and the fear of communism frightened Americans As a result the US Congress passed three acts to limit immigration, each act was stricter than the last one and immigrants had to pass all three to gain the right to emigrate to America. Literacy Test (1917): Many of the immigrants who had to pass the series of tests were poor, particularly those from eastern Europe who had received little or no education, they all had to pass a group of tests on literacy to prove they could read and write.
The distribution was worse off than it ever was. Too much of the wealth was in the hands of too few people and so Long introduced the ‘big fortune cut’. Mr. Long’s first of six proposals was his most significant proposing that every big fortune be cut. He states “every big fortune shall be cut down immediately by a capital levy tax to where no one will own more than a few million dollars…shall go into the United States ownership.” This proposal prevents one from owning excess fortunes of up to three to four million dollars and gives the surplus to the United States, the government. In order to get this excess, questionnaires of the ownership of properties such as lands and houses, stocks and bonds, and factories and patents are sent to everyone.
Extended Response – Explain why the KKK was feared between the 1920s & 1930s. By 1900 USA was a mixture of all sorts of people who had come from other countries and after 1900 most immigrants came from the poorer parts of Southern Europe (Italy, Greece, Turkey) and Eastern Europe (Poland, Russia. Hungary). The early immigrants had come to dominate the wealth and power in America and they did not like the country being flooded with the later immigrants whom they saw as a threat to their positions of power. Although many people were against immigrants and they had no support from any non-immigrants there was one man, W.E.B DuBois, who believed in true and absolute racial equality.
Most people are unfamiliar with World War I impact on American society. $33 billion was wasted on the war, interprets the government to tax everything thin from tobacco to luxury goods. The Great Migration impacted African Americans where they moved from the South to the big cities where they faced negative and positive issues. Women in war changed how we women are today, back then women starting taking men's job. Initially, billions were wasted on war, bonds were a problem, and propaganda started to rise.
Industrialization After the Civil War Thesis Professor Peralta History 105 10/25/14 Industrialization after the Civil War had a profound effect in the U.S. that is still felt to this day. While there were many positives that came out of it, like the U.S. becoming the largest and wealthiest nation in the world, there were many negative aspects to society, economy and politics that harmed more people than it helped. Many different groups of people would not have their voices heard during this time and would be swept away out of sight for some time, all in the name of progress. Three major aspects that influenced the U.S were the rise of monopolies and industry giants, the expansion into the west and the building of railroads, and finally the rise of factories and the working conditions of those employed there. Five groups that were affected by industrialization were Native Americans, immigrants to the U.S., women, children and farmers.
Immigration into the land of opportunity had been a bumpy road for those arriving between 1870 and 1900. Of all the years during that time period, the flow of immigrants was at its peak during the bursts of economic depressions (Document A). These weakened economic periods in the United States did not exactly ease the common immigrant’s transition into American life. With no yellow brick road to lead them to happiness and prosperity, many immigrants began searching for quick ways to make cash. In 1870, twenty percent of the New England population was made up of immigrants; an astounding seventy five percent of the crimes committed were perpetrated by those immigrants (Document B).