How Much Was Society Affected By Immigration, 1917-80 Flashcards
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Effect of immigration in the 1920s
What happened with each new wave of immigration?
A new wave of hostility came from established communities
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What problem did the newcomers create for many?
Competition for everything, jobs, housing etc
Effect of immigration in the 1920s
What was happening alongside immigration that boosted competition?
Rural migrants, black and white, were moving to cities
Effect of immigration in the 1920s
What was the % of blacks in the US urban population from 1910-20?
1.2% in 1910, 4.1% in 1920
Effect of immigration in the 1920s
What happened to the % of people foreign born or with foreign born parents 1910-20?
Went from 74% to 85%
Effect of immigration in the 1920s
What is the 1917 immigration act?
Lists a no. of ‘undesirable’ immigrants to be excluded, including homosexuals. Also imposed literacy tests
Effect of immigration in the 1920s
What was the 1921 Emergency Quota Act?
Restricts the yearly no. of immigrants from any country to 3% of the total no. of people from that country living in the USA in 1910
Effect of immigration in the 1920s
What was the focus of the 1920s legislation?
Immigration from Europe and Asia, quota system didnt apply to South America
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What happened to immigration in late 1920s and early 30s?
A combo of the Great Depression and immigration restrictions slowed European to a trickle, less than quotas set
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What happened to South American immigration in the late 1920s?
Increased, especially from 1920, rapidly to fill cheap labour in CA and TX in agriculture, mining etc
Effect of immigration in the 1920s
What differentiated the South American immigrants?
Some were official and documented, some were illegal
Effect of immigration in the 1920s
Why did employers not care about documentation at first?
Demand for workers meant they didnt ask questions
Effect of immigration in the 1920s
What did employers do to illegal immigrants?
Exploited their fears of deportation, paying them little and giving them poor conditions
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What happened to many Americans when the depression hit?
Lost their homes and work and migrated towards CA for work
Effect of immigration in the 1920s?
What did employers do when Americans moved towards CA looking for work during the GD?
Officials began to deport their mexican workers, estimated about 400,000 were deported during the depression
What impact did immigrants have on urban life 1919-41?
What were cities like in the 1920s
Expanding for a variety of reaons, industry was expanding
What impact did immigrants have on urban life 1919-41?
Role of immigrants in growing industrialisation?
Industry needed workers, immigrants were a large factor in their growth - not all towns/cities
What impact did immigrants have on urban life 1919-41?
Where did many immigrants gravitate to?
Especially those with poor english, towards places with exisiting migrant communities. NY became a large centre of immigration
What impact did immigrants have on urban life 1919-41?
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