Impact of WW2 on immigrants Flashcards
(33 cards)
Which ethnic groups were targetted?
Japanese, Germans and Italians
How many Japanese were interned?
120K
What were they named?
Enemy Aliens
What kind of businesses were targeted?
Italian owners or German sounding names
What violence occurred in businesses?
Broken windows, customers shopped elsewhere
What excuse did hundreds of thousands young men do to be seen as unsuspicious?
Volunteered for US military
What did the government pass after WW2?
1952 Immigration and Nationality Act
What was the problem with the immigration act?
Didn’t allow refugees, but had to protect people from Communism also
Why did the gov have difficulty with immigrants?
Because of Fidel Castro’s Cuba seize to power in 1959
Who opposed quota acts?
JFK
Why did JFK oppose the quota acts?
Said that immigrants should be seen as enriching the country, not viewed with suspicion
Why were there so much Asian immigrants?
Due to vietnam and Cambodian war
How many Viet refugees did USA take in?
130,000
What was the sole drive for USA’s help?
To prevent communism from spreading
What was a problem for the government?
Number of Hispanic immigrants
What was Operation Wetback?
1954 - Immigration and Naturalisation Services tried to deport illegal immigrants in S + W states
What did America introduce in 1976?
20,000 limit to slow immigration
How did people become ‘illegals’
Jumping the boarder
Why did people jump the boarder?
To join their families, find work
How many illegal Mexians arrived in 1970?
60,000 a year
Why were illegal immigrants helped?
Easy to exploit with labour with no questions asked
What did many Mexicans work as and in?
Cali and Texas for agriculture or factory jobs
Why was the Immigration and Naturalisation Service struggling?
Policing the boarder and tracking them down was expensive
Why did people feel that immigrants were becoming out of hand?
They knew the INS was struggling, becoming a political debate on the media
