HIST 150C3 1st Edition Lecture 8 Immigration and the Prelude to WarItalian Immigration- Between 1880 and 1920, 5 million immigrants from Southern Italy came to the U.S.- These were typically men who formerly lived in rural areas in Italy- Drought and rising unemployment were to primary factorsDecrease in immigration to U.S. during and after WWI-War began in 1914 when Austria invaded Serbia-U.S. didn’t enter WW1 until 1917Nativism in the U.S.-nativism=“distrust of anyone who was foreign”-targeted groups from Southern and Eastern Europe “Red Scare”-individuals that opposed immigration argued that immigrants promotedanarchy and socialism-1917-1924-rise in nativismImmigration Act of 1917-immigrants had to pay head tax: $8.00-had to pay tax before you were lawfully allowed to enter U.S.-prevented anyone who had an illness or disability from coming into U.S.-all immigrants had to know how to read a language-not everyone agreed to this act, President Wilson opposed These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Immigration Act of 1924 a.k.a Johnson-Reed Act-prohibited immigration from Asian and limited immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe-uses quotas-4,000 immigrants were aloud annually from Italy-became U.S.’s immigration policy until the 1950’sRural to Urban MigrationLabor shortage in the North-employers in the North are having trouble finding workersThe First Great Migration-3 million black southerners: 1 million black rural workers (tenant & sharecroppers)Boll weevil-ate cotton crop before it could fully mature-sparked migration to the
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