Immigrants And Comunism

Question 1

Immigrants in the 20s

Answer 1

Ratial prejudice, ww1 and economic rivalry lead to the restriction of immigrants

1917 immigration act used literacy tests

1921 emergency quotas act limited amount of immigrants per year

1924 national origins act
Futher reduced amount of immigrants allowed in

Question 2

Red scare 1920s

Answer 2

Developed because of ww1, Russian revolution and strikes, and anarchist violence ( eg setting off bombs killing 38 people on wall street in 1919)

Sacco and venzetti killed because they were anarchists

People terrified of anarchists

Question 3

Mccarthyism

Answer 3

Senator Mccarthys Anti communist campaign

Claimed he had list of over 200 known communists in USA state department

Accused influential people of being communists with little evidence

Methods were immoral but gave him power and popularity

His actions were finally confronted when he claims that us army was soft on communism

Senate express formal severe disapproval

Question 4

Huac

Answer 4

Set up in 1938 but after ww1 tasked with identifying communist threats

Notorious for bullying witnesses to produce names

Question 5

Second red scare

Answer 5

China and Russia now both communist

President Trueman introduced loyalty programme within federal goverment which meant any association with unamerican organisations could lead to loosing you job.
Lead to hundreds of federal government workers getting fired