Examples Of Anti Immigration In The 1920s

Anti-Immigration:

Due to the fact that immigrants began to flood in from Europe during the 1920’s, many Americans began to segregate these immigrants from “true” American society and Congress passed laws to hold back the tide of rushing immigration. As immigration reached a peak of the time, many “native-born” Americans held themselves higher and viewed themselves as superior to people not born in America even though many of them had ancestors from previous generations that were the immigrants of their time. The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1917 led to the red scare from 1919 to 1920 that began a great surge of segregation and suspicion of foreigners because a majority of the immigrants came from southern and eastern Europe. Nativists

Societies grew that were separated based on the customs, language, and religion because of the strong nativism that prevented assimilation. But some reformist groups attempted to meld foreigners into society. Horace Kallen stressed America’s need to allow foreigners to keep their cultures and pushed for the protection of the racial and ethnic uniqueness. Randolph Bourne, although he opposed Kallen’s views, pushed for assimilation through cross-breeding of all ethnicities to make people believe that all are equal. But as a whole, immigrants were not truly welcome during the Roaring Twenties due to the growth of strong nativism and its influence in the legislature.

Women’s Rights: The Roaring Twenties was a foundational time period for women’s progress in equality for all women and change in social norms that violated conservative views of women. Numerous organizations were established to promote women’s rights in politics. The nineteenth amendment was ratified to the Constitution, granting women suffrage rights. Also in 1920, the League of Women Voters was established six months prior to the monumental achievement of

In 1920, the American Civil Liberties Union was established to preserve and guard the liberties found in the Constitution’s Bill of Rights that were being violated during postwar policies. It was founded by Roger Baldwin and Crystal Eastman. The union resisted the criminal syndicalism laws which were discriminatory towards certain immigrants, especially from south and east Europe. The “Monkey Trial” was a major court case resisted by the union because John T. Scopes was tried for teaching evolution which was against the law in Tennessee. An African American movement of the time, know as the Back-to-Africa Movement was started by Marcus Garvey in the 1920’s. Garvey established the United Negro Improvement Association. His goal was to protect the rights of African Americans that many prejudiced individuals so frequently forgot. His organization not only spread through the United States, but through to all of the Americas and Africa. The association sponsored black corporations, such as the Black Star Line Steamship Company, to ensure that the circulation of revenue stayed within the black community. The United Negro Improvement Association was also established to push for returning African Americans back to their ancestors home in Africa. Garvey’s efforts encouraged and motivated approximately four million blacks propelling his movement