APUSH DBQ IMMIGRATION
Prompt: For the years 1880 to 1925, analyze both the tensions surrounding the issue of immigration and the United States government’s response to these tensions.
Thesis: Tensions were mainly due to racism and unsatisfied workers that felt that immigrants were taking over the American work environment and politics led to increasingly stricter government regulations on immigration.
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During the 19th century federal government supported business interest instead of interests of the workers.
Immigrants w/o a job were often willing to work for less pay can citizens were. Businesses were content with paying lower wages to immigrants and often exploited them.
However the working class felt as if the Immigrants were forcing them out of the work force.
These sentiments led to ant-immigration plank of the Populist Party ‘s 1892 platform.
In this platform the National People his stealing of jobs was the greatest reason for tensions surrounding immigration.
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No immigrants were gaining political power.
Boston 1908 men of Irish descent filled positions such as police commissioner. “Members of Congress: O’Connell…Hoar” (DOC F)
This led to tension concerning immigration due to the fact that minorities were running politics and citizens felt that it was led by foreigners
Other tensions between African Americans and immigrants
Booker T. Washington felt that immigrants were destroying the opportunities for African American economic Empowerment.
Many blacks felt that many of the rights granted to immigrants that were not granted to blacks was unjust. Proposed to allow blacks to fill jobs that immigrants were filling. Washington advocated, “ Casting down…you know.” (DOC D).
Touching upon 2 arguments in his speech in Atlanta; promotion of blacks and racist sentiments in America during the 1880s to 1925
Body Paragraph 3:
The Passing of the Great Race by Madison Grant promoted the idea that the Anglo Saxon race was the prime race and that
Thesis: Tensions were mainly due to racism and unsatisfied workers that felt that immigrants were taking over the American work environment and politics led to increasingly stricter government regulations on immigration.
Body Paragraph 1:
During the 19th century federal government supported business interest instead of interests of the workers.
Immigrants w/o a job were often willing to work for less pay can citizens were. Businesses were content with paying lower wages to immigrants and often exploited them.
However the working class felt as if the Immigrants were forcing them out of the work force.
These sentiments led to ant-immigration plank of the Populist Party ‘s 1892 platform.
In this platform the National People his stealing of jobs was the greatest reason for tensions surrounding immigration.
Body Paragraph 2:
No immigrants were gaining political power.
Boston 1908 men of Irish descent filled positions such as police commissioner. “Members of Congress: O’Connell…Hoar” (DOC F)
This led to tension concerning immigration due to the fact that minorities were running politics and citizens felt that it was led by foreigners
Other tensions between African Americans and immigrants
Booker T. Washington felt that immigrants were destroying the opportunities for African American economic Empowerment.
Many blacks felt that many of the rights granted to immigrants that were not granted to blacks was unjust. Proposed to allow blacks to fill jobs that immigrants were filling. Washington advocated, “ Casting down…you know.” (DOC D).
Touching upon 2 arguments in his speech in Atlanta; promotion of blacks and racist sentiments in America during the 1880s to 1925
Body Paragraph 3:
The Passing of the Great Race by Madison Grant promoted the idea that the Anglo Saxon race was the prime race and that