In this video‚ I learned a lot about Italian American culture. For example‚ I used to just go with the notion that all Italian American’s are somehow connected to the mafia‚ and after viewing this film I have realized that this idea is pretty ignorant. I like how the sopranos were sued because of the picture they were painting of Italian Americans. I also liked how many Italian Americans left Italy during Musolini’s reign in order to be free from these type of politics. Italy than declared war on
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Why did the USA become increasingly hostile towards immigration in the 1920s? By 1914 forty million people had emigrated to America from Europe and the East. They were escaping poverty‚ hardship and persecution‚ attracted by the promise of the American Dream which was rooted in the capitalist ideals of freedom‚ prosperity and democracy. However‚ even before the 1920s it can be seen that America’s open door immigration policy had began to close as the government chose to systematically exclude
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Ch. 31 1. America turned to domestic isolation and social conservatism because of the Red Scare. The Red Scare cut back free speech‚ in which the hysteria caused many to want to eliminate the communists. Some states made it illegal to advocate overthrowing the government. From 1920 to 1921 about 800‚000 Europeans named New Immigrants flooded into the US. Because of this Congress passed the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 which only allowed 3 percent of Europeans to come the US. Soon after‚ the Immigration
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Anti-Italianism in the United States The reputation of Italian Americans has been marked by complex and ongoing negotiations of ethnic identity‚ ascent from the working class‚ and ongoing perceptions of support for criminal gangs. Movies from early on loaded their films with Italian gangsters. After 1915 heartbreaking melodramas of destitution and misfortune adopted instead a combination of muted ’othering’ and universal characterizations.[1] Because of the common association‚ Italian Americans
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Scare” of 1919-1920 (1st Red Scare) * Crusade led by Attorney General Mitchell Palmer against the suspected communists * Thousands of Americans were arrested *Impact of the Red Scare: - Business people used it to help break unions - Sacco and Vanzetti *Two Italian immigrants (anarchists‚ atheists‚ draft dodgers) charged with murder‚ found guilty and executed *showed tension between immigrants and Nativists HOODED HOODLUMS OF THE KKK - KKK re-emerged in the 1920s and was similar to
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of America. 1924 congress tightened restrictions when basing the quota system of the 1890 census decreasing the southern Europeans who could immigrate. “This is a very clear example of the institutional racism of the time.” (Willoughby) Sacco and Vanzetti trial 1921: anti-foreign attitude. Judge and jury appeared overtly prejudice due to their immigrant background and their political beliefs. 7yr trial‚ rallies resulted around the world demanding a new trial for the two doomed men. Aug 23 1927
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In the 1920s‚ there was a split in the ideology of the people of the United States. Some people in the country wanted to regress back in time‚ seeing change as a loss of America’s traditional ways. Others welcomed future‚ preparing and even working toward change. During this time‚ American society faced a conflict of interests on progressivism versus nativism‚ such as in the beliefs of religion versus science as well as immigration‚ though the major conflict was the reestablishment of the Ku Klux
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like and get rid of them The Palmer Raids Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer persecuted suspected “Reds” especially in Labor Unions (Everyone was afraid of Communists) Every time a place was raided a bomb would go off on wall street Sacco and Vanzetti (Italian Immigrant Anarchists) Tried‚ convicted and executed for murder in Massachusetts Someone robbed a bank clerk and killed them so the police said go out and choose people you don’t like and we will try them. Prohibition the 18th Amendment-
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What is the cost of living? Pg. 576 The cost of living is the cost of purchasing goods and services essential for survival. What is a general strike? Pg.577 A general strike is a strike involving all the workers in a particular geographic location. What is the Red Scare? Pg.579 The Red Scare is the promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism. In the United States‚ the First Red Scare was about socialist worker revolution and political radicalism. Who was J. Edgar Hoover
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Chapter 21 Theme Analysis America and the Great War I. The New American Foreign Policy (“Big Stick”) 1) The new direction of American foreign policy introduced by Roosevelt. 2) Assess the changes in U.S. foreign policy between 1898 and 1919. Where had American interests changed‚ and where did they remain the same? Ways to define civilized or uncivilized Roosevelt’s policy toward Asia Roosevelt Corollary How US gained control of Panama Canal zone Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy What Wilson attempted
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