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2. Quick Review of Nativism What is it? o Being hostile to immigrants; motivated by ethnic tensions and religious bias Prior Examples of Nativism o “Know-Nothings” in 1850s o Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882 o APA (American Protective Association) in 1880s & 1890s o “Gentleman’s Agreement”, 1907

3. The KKK in the 1920s The KKK increased its membership drastically Why? o Reaction to “New Immigrants” o D. W. Griffith’s full length film, Birth of A Nation What were the KKK’s beliefs? o Hatred and hostility towards African Americans, immigrants, Jews, and Catholics Eventually, due to scandals, membership declined

4. Immigration Quotas Emergency Quota Act of 1921: o Restricted number of immigrants from a country to 3% of total people from that country living in US in 1910 Friendly to Southern and Eastern Europeans (“New Immigrants”) Immigration Act of 1924: o Quotas for foreigners was cut from 3% to 2%, used 1890 census instead, hurt “New Immigrants” Why? With the passage of these two acts, unrestricted immigration is now over Why did business owners once favor unrestricted immigration? For example, if there are 1,00,000 Italians living in the US in 1910, only 30,000 Italians could immigrate as a result of this act. In 1890, there would be fewer Italians living in American compared to 1910. For example, let’s say 100,000. Now only 2% (or 2,000) Italians could immigrate as a result of the 1924 Act.

5. Sacco and Vanzetti Who were they? o Two Italian immigrants that were: Anarchists Atheists Draft Dodgers What were they charged with? o Robbery and Murder How is this an example of nativism? o Most agree they did not receive a fair trial – inconclusive evidence o Radicalism became a major issue during the trial o Attempts for a new trial were denied In 1927, both men were executed

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