HIST 2057 Chapter : Chapter 25 Outline
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Radio shows, mass market magazines, movies america getting to know each other. More urban society: rural societies don"t like this. Immigration led to early 20th century fears of immigrant radicalism-a threat to the established social order. By 1920, immigrants became the majority of white factory workers. Sacco and vanzetti: arrested for robbery and murder, their main crime might have been their political beliefs combined with their immigrant status, executed despite public demonstrations on their behalf. Immigration restriction: emergency immigration act of 1921 limited immigration, new immigration quota law in 1924 favored old immigration from northern and western europe and excluded asians, new law allowed unrestricted immigration from western. Hemisphere countries making latinos the fastest growing ethnic minority. Hired people to sell kkk as fraternal idea and they did a great job: membership in 20s explodes ( 2 million by 1925, devoted to "100% americanism. " Targeted african-americans, but also roman catholics, jews, and immigrants.
