Chapter 10 Section 3 & Section 5 (p. 376-393)
MAIN IDEAS
Nativism Resurges
(p. 376-378)
NOTES
1.) Rise in ___________________________________________________________________________________
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Nativism = a belief that one’s native land needs to be protected against immigrants
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Germans, communists and all immigrants
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Immigrants were blamed for bombings, strikes and the recession (lack of jobs for returning soldiers)
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See “Hostility Toward Immigrants” on p. 377
2.) __________________________________________________________________________________ in 1915
 Began after the Civil War to intimidate newly freed African Americans (late 1800s)
a.) Targeted ______________________________________________________________________________
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Claimed to be fighting for “Americanism”
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White Protestant Americans
b.) __________________________________________________________________________ in late 1920s
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Scandals and power struggles
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New restrictions on immigrations took away their main issue
3.) _________________________________________________________________________________________
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“Keep America American”
a.) ______________________________________________ Act (1924) = _______ of ethnic group in the US
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restricted annual admission to the US to 3% of the total number of people in any ethnic group
already living in the nation
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Ethnic identity and national origin determined if a person was admitted to the US
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Signed by Harding
b.) _____________________________________________________________ Act (1924) = _______ of
ethnic group in US during _________________
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Set quotas at 2% of each national group represented in the US Census of 1890
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Quotas based on ethnic composition of the US more than 30 years earlier before increased
immigration from SE Europe
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Favored immigrants from NW Europe
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Exempted natives of the Western Hemisphere (Mexicans)
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Made immigration restriction a permanent policy and set the framework for immigration for the
next 40 years
4.) ______________________________________________________________________________ Immigration
a.) _____________________________________________________________________________________
b.) Came to ______________________________________________________________________________
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Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902 = funded irrigation project in the SW
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Large factory farms were set up that needed workers
 By end of 1920s, nearly 700,000 Mexicans had migrated to the US
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A Clash of Cultures
“Roaring Twenties”
(p. 378-381)
 Urban Americans celebrated the new modern culture
 Rural Americans believed traditional society and morality were under attack
1.) _________________________________________________________________in the 1920s
a.) ____________________ Amendment (1920) = _______________________________________________
 Change in attitudes toward marriage
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Focus on love and romance
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Cars allowed young couples to “go out”
b.) Single women _________________________________________________________________________
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Broke away from parental control and gain financial independence
 Fashion
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“bobbed” hair
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Flesh-colored stockings
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Flappers = smoked, drank, wore makeup, sleeveless dress with short skirts
c.) _____________________________________________________________________________________
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Science, medicine, law, literature
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 American Birth Control League (1921)
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Believed families could improve their standard of living by limiting the number of children they had
2.) _________________________________________________________________________________________
a.) A ________________________________ movement to keep ____________________________________
 Believed the Bible was literally true and without error
b.) _____________________________________________________________________________________
 Rejected the Theory of Evolution
3.) ________________________________________________________________ – _______ Amendment (1919)
 Reasons for prohibition of alcohol
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Religion
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Reduce unemployment
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Stop domestic violence
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Reduce poverty
 Volstead Act – made the US Treasury Dept. responsible for enforcing the law
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Made more than 540,000 arrests
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More than 70 federal agents were killed enforcing Prohibition in the 1920s
a.) _____________________________________________________________________________________
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secret bars
b.) _____________________________________________________________________________________
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illegal production and smuggling of alcohol
c.) _____________________________________________________________________________________
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Al Capone
d.) ______________ Amendment – ____________________________________________________ (1933)
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African American
in the 1920s
(p. 388-393)
 Great Migration = blacks moved from South to North during WWI and the 1920s
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to find jobs and escape segregation
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faced discrimination in the North
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Lived in black neighborhoods, such as Harlem in NYC
 WWI vets had experienced equality in France but faced racism when they returned to the US
1.) __________________________________________________________________ = pride in African American
culture and arts
a.) _____________________________________________________________________________________
 improvisational form of music influenced by Dixieland blues and ragtime
b.) _____________________________________________________________________________________
 Evolved from African American spirituals
2.) _________________________________________________________________________________________
a.) ___________________________________________________________________________ in the North
b.) Influenced the _________________________________________________________________________
c.) Voted mostly __________________________________________________________________________
3.) NAACP fought ____________________________________________________________________________
 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
 Fought segregation and lynching
 Used lobbying and court cases
4.) Marcus Garvey – ___________________________________________________________________________
a.) Helped to create ________________________________________________________________________
b.) Gave ________________________________________________________________________________
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Said blacks could gain economic and political power by education
Wanted to separate blacks from whites
Founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) to promote black pride and unity
FBI saw the UNIA as dangerous and a possible cause for riots
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