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7.1 A Clash of Values (Part I)

I. Nativism Resurges
1. What is the ³Main Idea´ of this section?

2. The fear and prejudice many felt toward Germans and Communists expanded to include
_________________. This triggered a general rise in _____________ and in ______________...
3. What is nativism?

4. Where did the majority of immigrants come from at this time?

5. Why did people see immigrants as a threat to military men and women coming home(³demobilized´)
from WWI?

A. The Sacco-Vanzetti Case

6. What crime was committed on April 15, 1920?

7. Police subsequently arrested __________________, a show maker, and ______________________, a

fish peddler.
8. What is an anarchist?

9. Why did people assume that they were guilty, even though no one knew for sure?

10. On July 14, 1921, a jury found Sacco and Vanzetti ____________, and the _______________
sentenced them to ______________.
B. Pseudo-Scientific Racism
11.___________ and ______________ feelings in the 1920s were reinforced (made stronger) by the beliefs
of the _________________ movement.
12. What is eugenics?

13. Developed in Europe in the early 1900s, eugenics emphasized that human __________________ were
_____________ and warned against _____________ the ³unfit´ or __________________.
C. Return of the Ku Klux Klan
14. When and where did the old KKK start? What did they do back then?

15. Who were the targets of the ³new´ Klan?

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+
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+
+(and African Americans)
16. In the 1920s, Klan publicity claimed that the _____________________ was fighting for
______________________.
17. Why did the Klan¶s membership increase from 1920-1924?
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7.1 A Clash of Values (Part II)

II. Controlling Immigration
1.| What is the ³Main Idea´ of this section?

2.| What did the ³Emergency Quota Act´ do?

3.| According to this act, only ________________________ of the total number of

________________________ people of a nationality already ________________ in the United States, as
indicated in the _________________________, could be admitted in a single ________________.
4.| Who did this act discriminate against?

A.| The National Origins Act of 1924

5.| A second part of the act, which took effect in _________________, replaced the 1924 ______________
with a limit of ___________________ immigrants admitted per year.
6.| Which groups accounted for 87 percent of the total immigration quota?

B.| Hispanic Immigration to the United States

7.| What jobs did employers still need more laborers for?
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+
+
8.| Who helped fill these jobs?

9.| Why wasn¶t Mexican immigration limited by the National Origins Act?

III. The New Morality

10.| What is the ³Main Idea´ of this section?

11.| The new morality glorified _______________ and ____________________ and influenced various aspects
of American society.
A.| The New Morality
12.| Why did many single, working-class women get jobs?

13.| For some young, single women, work was a way to _______________ from ______________________
and establish a __________________.
14.| What did women¶s colleges encourage them to do?
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15.| Why did the nation¶s youth love cars?
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+
B.| Women in the 1920s
16.| What jobs did women begin working in the 1920s?
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17.| There were a few women who made contributions in ____________________, __________________,
_____________ or ____________.
18.| What did Florence Sabin do?

19.| What did Margaret Sanger do?

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7.1 A Clash of Values (Part I)
I. Nativism Resurges
1. What is the ³Main Idea´ of this section?
During the 1920s, anti-immigrant and racist feelings increased.
2. The fear and prejudice many felt toward Germans and Communists expanded to include ____all
immigrants________. This triggered a general rise in _____racism________ and in ___nativism_______...
3. What is nativism?
The desire to protect the interests of native-born Americans against those of immigrants
4. Where did the majority of immigrants come from at this time?
Southern and eastern europe
5. Why did people see immigrants as a threat to military men and women coming home(³demobilized´)
from WWI?
In their own words: High unemployment and rising prices = people scared that immigrants will take jobs
from soldiers
A. The Sacco-Vanzetti Case
6. What crime was committed on April 15, 1920?
Two men shot and killed two employees of a show company and robbed them of $15,000
7. Police subsequently arrested ________Nicola Sacco__________, a show maker, and
___________Bartolomeo Vanzetti___________, a fish peddler.
8. What is an anarchist?
People who oppose all forms of government
9. Why did people assume that they were guilty, even though no one knew for sure?
Because they were Italian immigrants and anarchists
10. On July 14, 1921, a jury found Sacco and Vanzetti ____guilty________, and the
_____judge__________ sentenced them to ______death________.
B. Pseudo-Scientific Racism
11.____nativist_______ and _______racist_______ feelings in the 1920s were reinforced (made stronger)
by the beliefs of the ________eugenics_________ movement.
12. What is eugenics?
A false science that deals with improving hereditary traits
13. Developed in Europe in the early 1900s, eugenics emphasized that human
________inequalities__________ were ______inherited_______ and warned against
_____breeding________ the ³unfit´ or _________inferior_________.
C. Return of the Ku Klux Klan
14. When and where did the old KKK start? What did they do back then?
South after the Civil War. They used threats and violence to intimidate newly freed African Americans
15. Who were the targets of the ³new´ Klan?
+catholics
+jews
+immigrants
+groups with ³un American´ values
+(and African Americans)
16. In the 1920s, Klan publicity claimed that the __________organization___________ was fighting for
__________´Americanism´____________.
17. Why did the Klan¶s membership increase from 1920-1924?

In own words: public relations people were hired and earned commission for every new recruit.
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7.1 A Clash of Values (Part II)

II. Controlling Immigration
1.| What is the ³Main Idea´ of this section?
Fearing new immigrants, the federal government enacted several laws to limit immigration.
2.| What did the ³Emergency Quota Act´ do?
Established a temporary quota system, limiting immigration.
3.| According to this act, only _______three percent_________________ of the total number of
_________foreign-born_______________ people of a nationality already _______living_________ in the
United States, as indicated in the __________1910 census_______________, could be admitted in a single
_____year___________.
4.| Who did this act discriminate against?
People from southern and eastern europe
C.| The National Origins Act of 1924
5.| A second part of the act, which took effect in ________1929_________, replaced the 1924
______quotas________ with a limit of ________150,000___________ immigrants admitted per year.
6.| Which groups accounted for 87 percent of the total immigration quota?
Immigrants from northwestern European countries
D.| Hispanic Immigration to the United States
7.| What jobs did employers still need more laborers for?
+agriculture
+mining
+railroad work
8.| Who helped fill these jobs?
Mexican immigrants
9.| Why wasn¶t Mexican immigration limited by the National Origins Act?
Own words: it didn¶t include natives of the western hemisphere in the quota system
III. The New Morality
10.| What is the ³Main Idea´ of this section?
An emphasis on youth and personal freedom led to a more relaxed moral attitude
11.| The new morality glorified _____youth__________ and _______personal freedom_____________ and
influenced various aspects of American society.
C.| The New Morality
12.| Why did many single, working-class women get jobs?
Because they needed the wages for themselves and their families
13.| For some young, single women, work was a way to ______break away_________ from _________parental
authority_____________ and establish a _______personal identity___________.
14.| What did women¶s colleges encourage them to do?
+pursue careers
+challenge traditional ideas about the nature of women and their role in society
15.| Why did the nation¶s youth love cars?
+cars made them more independent
+allowed them to escape the careful watch of their parents
D.| Women in the 1920s
16.| What jobs did women begin working in the 1920s?
+salesclerks
+secretaries
+telephone operators
17.| There were a few women who made contributions in _________science___________,
_______medicine___________, ______law_______ or _____literature_______.
18.| What did Florence Sabin do?
Research that led to a reduction in deaths from tuberculosis
19.| What did Margaret Sanger do? Founded the American birth control league in 1921