11/19/2015
POST WAR
IMMIGRATION
OR AN TI - I M M I GR ATI ON ?
What do you see here?
Who is the man in the
cartoon?
What is he going to do
with the people?
Why?
What message do you
think the cartoonist
intended to convey?
THE RED SCARE
• The govt. orchestrated
organized attacks on
radicals and foreigners
known as Palmer Raids
• They Focused on anybody
with Anarchist or Socialist
ties
• Attorney Gen Alexander
Palmer
• In these “Palmer Raids”, 400010000 arrests.
• Radicals jailed without
formal charges for several
months
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ANTI-IMMIGRATION
ANTI-IMMIGRATION LAWS
• Immigration,
discrimination only
added to the Red
Scare
• Wilson inflamed antiforeign sentiment
warning
“citizens…born under
other flags [inject] the
poison of disloyalty.”
ANTI-IMMIGRATION LAWS
• Legislation was
pushed barring
immigrants
• Johnson Act
• limited annual
immigration from
Southern &Eastern
Europe
• National Origins Act
• 2% of each nationality
• End Result…huge
decline in immigration
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THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES
UNION
• Some citizens protested
the illegal methods and
prejudices that targeted
foreigners and radicals.
• ACLU tried to ensure that
the government upheld
individuals’ constitutional
rights
• ACLU denounced
Palmers’ tactics and the
government’s mob
mentality
• however…no court
victories
MODERN DAY APPLICATION
• How is the Fear of Terrorism in modern day America
SIMILAR & DIFFERENT than the Roaring 20’s?
THE SACCO AND VANZETTI TRIAL
• In1920 all of the previous
issues culminated in the
Sacco & Vanzetti Trial
• The People of Mass. Vs.
Sacco and Vanzetti.
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SACCO AND VANZETTI
• 1920 a robbery resulted
in death
• 3 weeks later, Boston
Police arrest Sacco and
Vanzetti
• Both are Italian
immigrants and active
anarchists who
protested the Palmer
Raids
• Witnesses identified
both
SACCO AND VANZETTI
(CONCLUSION)
• Neither had a written
alibi
• Both were carrying guns
at time of arrest
• Death by electric chair
• Hotly debated by
historians
• police arrest by
magazine not by
identification
• witnesses testimony
• Judge refusal to retry
(Morelli Gang)
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