Immigration and Prejudice 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryThe USA - twentieth century changeGCSEOCR Created by: EliCreated on: 17-11-13 12:45 What was the Red Scare? Americans fearing communists immigrating to their country and bringing their ideas with them 1 of 14 How many workers went on strike in 1919? 400,000 2 of 14 What other disturbances were there in 1919? Boston Police force striking, race riots in 25 states 3 of 14 What was actually to blame for the disturbances? Economic hardship 4 of 14 What happened in April 1919 that supported the Red Scare? A bomb in a church in Milwaukee killed 10 people 5 of 14 What happened in May 1919 that supported the Red Scare? Bombs were posted to 36 prominent Americans 6 of 14 What happened in June 1919 that supported the Red Scare? Bombs were placed in 7 US cities 7 of 14 What was the name of the man who carried out raids trying to rid America of communism? Alexander Mitchell Palmer 8 of 14 How did he cause his own downfall? He predicted a revolution in May 1920 that never happened 9 of 14 How many of his raids were found to have been falsely carried out? 556/1000 10 of 14 What year did the Emergency Quota Act come into effect? 1921 11 of 14 What year did the Johnson-Reed (National Origins) Act come into effect? 1924 12 of 14 What did the Emergency Quota Act do? Limited number of immigrants to 357,000 13 of 14 What did the Johnson-Reed Act do? Further reduced it to 165,000 and set quotas of 3% from each country. Later reduced it further to 2% 14 of 14
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