Society in 1920's America - Racism and Xenaphobia

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1. What did the National Origins Act of 1924 declare?

  • Barred immigrants that couldn't speak english
  • Banned any immigration from Japan
  • Reduced quota to 2% of the 1890 quota
  • Reduced immigration from south and east europe
  • Only 150,000 immigrants allowed in each year - 85% from north and west europe
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2. Who did Chafe say contributed to increased racism with their 'seasonal allergies'?

  • Democrats
  • W.A.S.P's (White Anglo-Saxon Protestants)
  • KKK
  • Republican Party

3. In support of Scientific Racism, what did Grant say?

  • African-Americans and people with mental health disorders could die
  • African-Americans, Immigrants and Irish shall be deported

4. What did their judge Webster Theyer refer to Sacco and Vanzetti as?

  • "Anarchist bastards"
  • "Anarchist whores"
  • "Scum that needs to get off the street"

5. Who directed the film The Birth Of A Nation?

  • Herbert Hoover
  • DC Stephenson
  • DW Griffith
  • William Simmonds
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