AMH 2097 Final Exam Terms List Costa George Najour An immigrant from Syria in 1909 The question was is he qualified to be a citizen Was he considered white The government testified that he wasn t considered white nor a citizen His attorney said yes and the court agreed Syrians worked hard to be seen as white they had economic success and were Christian The law saw them as white but American s didn t Silk In the 1880 s the silk trade caused a wave of migration from Lebanon to America Europeans had industrialized the silk trade and people had become dependent on it They became used to indulging in luxuries and when the price dropped they had to adjust to a new way of life 1 3 of the population in Lebanon left and settled on the East coast of America Peddling Many Syrians were farmers but most were peddlers It became identified with Lebanese people These men went from door to door to sell items At this time it was welcomed by homeowners in urban and rural areas as a means of gossiping and learning about current events In 1908 they established a directory Eventually they could establish a store due to the success Their work as peddlers helped them earn full acceptance into society Immigration Restriction League documents The league was formed in 1894 by people who imposed the influx of undesirable immigrants Advocates for scientists to establish immigration laws They should exclude mentally idiots imbeciles feeble minded persons insane people learning deficiency physically morally and economically unfit immigrants from coming to the U S Discussed how to enforce immigrant restrictions Republican national platform favors regulating immigration They believe that all immigrants are Democratic national platform favors the regulation of immigration for known criminals They don t like the Chinese immigrants They don t like immigrants that will accept lower pay They like immigrants from wealthy foreign lands Prohibition national platform believes that immigration had become a burden They favor strict criminals enforcement President Harrison believed that they had a duty to restrict immigration The citizens believed that America had become a dumping ground for illiterate and criminal immigrants Immigrants will be judged on their ability to become American Progressive Approach they used scientific reasoning to explain why they were anti immigrant Espionage Act 1917 this prohibited spying interfering with drafts and making statements against the military Formed during WWI This suppressed socialists who were generally antiwar Because of this all public meetings and private conversations had to be in English and therefore many German immigrants were persecuted and deported Sedition Act In 1918 this act made it a crime to speak against the war More than 2000 people were found guilty Patriotism meant total agreement with the war Red Scare World War I Radical organizations were attacked and memberships to these organizations ceased These organizations were associated with communism Civil Rights activists were coined communists Many people were blacklisted and shunned from society Emma Goldman Ku Klux Klan Great Migration An immigrant from Russia who resided in New York became involved in radical activism She advocated birth control free love and gay marriage Her activism against the draft broke the espionage and sedition acts and she was deported This group first appeared during the reconstruction era They reappeared in the 1900s They targeted anyone that wasn t a true American By the 1920s they had 3 million members and they were no longer limited to the south About 6 million Southern African Americans started migrated to the North during WWI They left due to economic hardships and discrimination The need for industrial workers during WWI spurred their migration Later the fact that most Whites in the North were moving into Suburbs more moved into the White s previous homes in urban cities Poverty became centered around these cities Public housing projects tried to aid the poverty and became associated with African Americans Johnson Reed Act 1924 National quota system 2 of the total number of people in each country would be allowed into the U S Limited immigration to 150 000 immigrants per year from Europe This limited immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe Gave priority to people who had direct relatives in the U S and to people with special skills There was no limitation to the Western hemisphere Ella May Wiggins Was thought to be involved in the communist party She believed in interracial integration She was a textile worker and a union organizer that went on strike at the Loray Mill She was murdered in broad daylight by five armed men who turned out to be employees at the mill but none of them were convicted Pre 1950s civil rights she was white Alfred Smith The first Catholic to run for president Ran against Hoover and lost They had many of the same beliefs but differed in ethnicity Born in poverty to an Irish family Became a spokesman for immigrants He believed in progressivism Advocated against prohibition Denounced the red scare Many urban voters supported him The Invisible Scar Carolyn Bird termed the fear of the Great Depression this Everyone became terrified that the effects of the Great Depression would start to impact them People hoarded items and saved their money No one trusted banks anymore See the oral history with Elsa Ponselle The Four Freedoms Franklin D Roosevelt ran for his fourth term and spoke about the future world order during his address to congress fear Pearl Harbor Rosie the Riveter WWII This included 1 freedom of speech 2 freedom of worship 3 freedom of want and 4 freedom of They symbols were recognizable and were on posters everywhere It was meant to evoke ally war effort December 7th 1941 became a day known for infamy and launched the U S into WWII It was the first attack by a foreign country on the U S since 1812 It surprised Americans and was the reason we entered the war She became a cultural icon and represented the American women who worked in factories during Although women took on male jobs during the war they were expected to do their everyday housework once the war ended She was on pro war ads to target housewives to take jobs in the war industry She is now a feminist icon but she wasn t intended to be Represented the working women These women were expected to work and then go back to housework However most were never homemakers 75 were waitresses and
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