USA KQ1 Flashcards
How many people had immigrated to America by 1910?
9 million
What was the policy the USA had to immigration
“Open door”
Anyone can enter
List the types of people who immigrated
Early immigrants Native Americans Black Americans Eastern and Southern Europeans Hispanics Asian people
Why did people want to immigrate?
Escaping poverty Escaping persecution Religious tolerance Land Better life Adventure Equal opportunity for all
What percentage of immigrants arrived at Ellis island?
70 per cent
What was the average age of immigrants in 1900
24
What happened in the main hall?
Undergo medical tests “trachoma”
Work and financial questions
Literacy tests
Took 3-5 hours
Where were immigrants usually from and where had they started to come from
It was Western Europe but it became Southern and Eastern Europe
Why were people angry at the new immigrants?
Often poor Illiterate (couldn’t afford education at home) Roman Catholics or Jews Trauma of WW1 Red Scare
What and when was the Literacy Test?
1917- they had to pass Literacy tests to enter
What Act was introduced in 1921?
Emergency Quota Act
3% of the 1910 population of any overseas group could enter in 1921
357,000 per year
What was the final act to try and limit immigration?
National Origins Act 1924
150,000 per year
2% of the population of a 1890 group
Prohibited immigration from Asia
Sacco and Vanzetti
May 1920 they were arrested for armed robbery after killing 2 people including a payroll guard carrying $15,776
Sacco and Vanzetti were two Italian immigrants
Had anti-government leaflets in their car
61 claimed to have seen them there, 107 saw them elsewhere
May 1921, judge made anti-Italian judge
August 1927, electrocuted by electric chair
What happened in October 1917
The Russian Revolution
What was supposedly Communist’s fault
1919 100000 members of the Boston police force went on strike
1920 bomb killed 38 on Wall Street
