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Civil Rights Violations during the ‘20s Objective: Assess the reasons for the palmer raids, red scare, communism in America, KKK, and Immigration Quotas APK • During Industrialization there was a need for immigrants to do work • Worry that they would ruin American “way of life” – Nativists – Melting Pot v Salad Bowl • Civil liberties – individual rights Importance • After Sept 11 there was a movement of hatred against who? • Rights were taken away in the name of security – Wire tapping – Obtain library records or check out books Importance • According to Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, what was "eating its way into the homes of the American workman, its sharp tongues . . . licking the altars of the churches"? – 1. Communism. – 2. The philosophy of nativism. – 3. The hopelessness of poverty. – 4. Governmental abuse of civil rights. Vocab • Harass – to annoy persistently • Isolationism – abstention from alliances • Communism – goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed • Quota – a fixed number or percentage of minority group members • Dominate – 1to exert the supreme determining or guiding influence on • Anarchist – a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power Nativism • After the war people turned to isolationism – Isolationism also lead to a strong nativist movement • Keep America for Americans became the new attitude for Americans – Anti-immigrant feelings started in 1880s – Gentleman’s Agreement, Chinese Exclusion Act, Anti-German/Austro Hungarian during the war Nativism • Most immigrants were unskilled and took jobs that offered low wages • After the war fewer non-skilled jobs were available – Don’t need immigrants in the US – Believed labor unions and immigrants were communist • Main Communist color is red = RED SCARE Quota System • Congress decided to limit immigrants from the South & Eastern Europe • Emergency Quota Act set up the Quota system – Established maximum number of people from each foreign country – Limited to 2% of countries population in 1890 – 1920 only 150,000 people from any country KKK • Anti-Immigrant sentiment offered people the chance to harass groups that were not like them • KKK – Ku Klux Klan – devoted to 100% American – White male persons, native born gentile citizens • Believed – – – – keeping blacks “in their place” Destroying Saloons Opposing Unions Driving Roman Catholics, Jews, foreign born people out of the country KKK • Recruited members to the clan • Dominate in the South • Controlled state politics – Allowed criminal activity – Also lead to the downfall of the clan Red Scare • Communism caused Russia to pull out of WWI • Become leery of anything that pushes people to be equal – Get rid of capitalism because there is competition • Communist Party formed in America – Quickly made up of 70,000 people – Including members of labor unions Red Scare • Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti – Italian immigrants and anarchists – Dodged the draft in WWI • Arrested on charges of robbery & murder – – – – – Witness said criminals appeared to be Italians Had good alibis and bad evidence Judge made prejudicial statements Found guilty and sentenced to death Gov of Mass denied a stay and they were electrocuted • 1961 bullet was from Sacco’s gun but no proof he pulled the trigger Palmer Raids • US Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer – Wanted to protect America from Communism • 1919 hunted down, anarchists, socialist, Communists – Ignored civil rights to arrest people who assumed to the “enemy” – Invaded homes – Put people in jail with out cause – Didn’t allow legal counsel • Failed to find evidence of conspiracy – No bombs either Importance • According to Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, what was "eating its way into the homes of the American workman, its sharp tongues . . . licking the altars of the churches"? – 1. Communism. – 2. The philosophy of nativism. – 3. The hopelessness of poverty. – 4. Governmental abuse of civil rights. Closure • In the 1920’s, the growth of the Ku Klux Klan and the establishment of immigration quotas reflected a re-emergence of American belief in – 1. nativism. – 2. socialism. – 3. imperialism. – 4. internationalism. Importance • According to Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, what was "eating its way into the homes of the American workman, its sharp tongues . . . licking the altars of the churches"? – 1. Communism. – 2. The philosophy of nativism. – 3. The hopelessness of poverty. – 4. Governmental abuse of civil rights. Closure • In the 1920’s, the growth of the Ku Klux Klan and the establishment of immigration quotas reflected a re-emergence of American belief in – 1. nativism. – 2. socialism. – 3. imperialism. – 4. internationalism.