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Nativism in the 1920s

Nativism in the 1920s. Nativism – Hostility or anger towards immigration. Today’s Key Questions…. Why did anger increase towards immigrants in the 1920s? What are some examples of this anger in action?. Reasons for anger and prejudice against Immigrants…. Economic Recession

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Nativism in the 1920s

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  1. Nativism in the 1920s • Nativism – Hostility or anger towards immigration.

  2. Today’s Key Questions… • Why did anger increase towards immigrants in the 1920s? • What are some examples of this anger in action?

  3. Reasons for anger and prejudice against Immigrants… • Economic Recession • Increase in number of Immigrants • Racial and cultural tensions after WWI. • Anger towards Germans and Communists expands to include all immigrants.

  4. Sacco and Vanzetti Case • They were two Italian immigrants in Massachusetts. • In 1920, they were convicted of robbing and murdering two men. Despite 16 Italian eyewitnesses that testified that Vanzetti wasn’t there, they were convicted by an all white protestant jury of murder. The men were found guilty and executed 7 years later. • Historians still haven’t come to a conclusion about their trial, but it is often cited as an example of nativism in courts at the time period.

  5. Does nativism exist today?

  6. Some examples of Nativism… • Eugenics • The KKK • New Restrictions on the number of Immigrants allowed in.

  7. Eugenics • A false “science” that dealt with improving hereditary traits. • Argued that “original” Americans (white protestants) were superior. • Supported by Woodrow Wilson and Henry Cabot Lodge.

  8. The Return of the KKK • The Ku Klux Klan membership reaches 4 million in 1924 behind racism and pro-white feelings. • Membership increases because of nativism. • Membership declines by the late 1920s due to power struggles and scandal. • New immigration laws took away one of their major issues.

  9. Immigration Laws in the 1920s • Emergency Quota Act (1921) – discriminated heavily against people outside of Western Europe (Britain, France, etc.) • National Origins Act (1924) – Limit of 150,000 immigrants per year. Northwestern European countries are 90% of immigrants. • Mexican immigration not restricted under acts, record numbers cross border.

  10. Key Question: Does the U.S. still have a fear of outside ideas/cultures today? Or have we just recycled these old ideas?

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