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What was the significance of the Anarchist bombings of 1919?
Triggered the First Red Scare and heightened fears of radicalism.
What was the impact of the Emergency Quota Act (1922)?
Established the first numerical limits on immigration to the US, favoring immigrants from Western Hemisphere countries.
What was the impact of the National Origins Act of 1924?
Made immigration quotas stricter and permanent, designed to limit immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe.
What was the significance of the Sacco & Vanzetti case?
Symbolized nativist injustice and bias against immigrants and radicals.
What was the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
It severely restricted immigration from China, reflecting anti-Asian sentiment.
What was the impact of the Immigration Act of 1917?
It created the Asiatic Barred Zone, further restricting immigration from Asia.
What was the impact of the Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907?
It limited Japanese immigration to the United States.
What was the effect of post-WWI anxieties?
Fueled nativism and the First Red Scare, leading to restrictive immigration policies and crackdowns on suspected radicals.
What was the effect of mass immigration before and after WWI?
It led to increased nativism and calls for immigration restrictions.
What was the impact of the Palmer Raids?
Civil liberties were violated, and many were unjustly deported.
What were the causes and effects of the First Red Scare?
Causes: Post-WWI anxieties, fear of communism and anarchism, anarchist bombings. Effects: Palmer Raids, violation of civil liberties, deportations.
What were the causes and effects of nativism in the 1920s?
Causes: Massive immigration, post-WWI anxieties, economic competition. Effects: Immigration restrictions (Emergency Quota Act, National Origins Act), discrimination against immigrants.
What were the causes and effects of the Sacco and Vanzetti case?
Causes: Nativism, anti-radical sentiment, circumstantial evidence. Effects: International protests, debate over fairness of the justice system, symbol of prejudice.
Who was A. Mitchell Palmer?
Attorney General who launched the Palmer Raids during the First Red Scare.
Who was J. Edgar Hoover?
Head of the newly formed FBI during the First Red Scare.
Who was Emma Goldman?
A prominent anarchist and labor activist targeted during the First Red Scare.
Who were Sacco and Vanzetti?
Italian anarchists convicted of murder in a controversial trial that became a symbol of nativist injustice.