AMH-2097 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Bhagat Singh Thind, Natural-Born-Citizen Clause, Louis Adamic
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Costa George Najour: petition the government for citizenship, he attended a hearing for his
petition, Black or White to vote. Made him a citizen because his lawyer said that Costa was
white.
Bhagat Singh Thind: Race and Citizenship for Indians, court ruled against him because it was
obvious that he was not white due to his color of his skin and clothing.
Middle Easterns tried to influence Americans that they were white
Silk: trade, generations Lebanon would keep silk worms, in Syria they used silk for money,
peasants grew on trees for silk worms to eat. Many peasants became factory workers in Syria,
the French included with trade with industrializing it.
Young and married women were sheltered. More income with higher silk prices and more
factory work, families could buy more goods. Immigration began once silk industry declined. 1/3
of Lebanon 1880 1924 migrated to America. More likely to be young men which then followed to
women because suitable suitors declined. In the U.S., migrants lived on the East coast, most
were Muslim but also Christians. First Moss 1910, North Dakota. Lebanese migrated all over
America, for instance, first Lebanese government official was in North Dakota.
Peddling: 1908 business men created a business directory who sell things on the road. They
didn’t want to stay in America wanted to get rich and then go back. Greek Orthodox Churches,
moss for Muslims, immigrant organization.
Sacco and Vanzetti: The Red Scare after the WWI, beginning of the 1910s and 1920s, two
Italian immigrants were arrested for thief but not proven. Political anarchists. They believed
that violence was acceptable, class warfare. They believed that they were being arrested due to
their political views and that they were Italian. Mass protested the death penalty on these men.
President of Harvard University viewed this case and ruled it fair so those men were killed but
probably didn’t commit that crime. Native born Americans were extremely prejudice.
Ku Klux Klan- targeted Syrians and other racial groups, 20th century, championed 100%
Americanism, Jews Catholics Blacks immigrants were enemies, and not just a southern but it
controlled the Indiana political party, Oregon. Another migration of blacks moving to the North,
industries became open to hiring blacks in factories. Business interest supported immigration
limits,
1924 Congress the Johnson Reed Act: restrictions on immigration, they established a
quota system for every Europe country, limited the annual number of immigrants with a quota
who can come to America 2% population of those countries can come to America. Established a
preference system, if you were an American women and married a foreign would lose their
settlement of America. Mexican and Canadian immigrants were not limited. No Asians at all.
This slowed migration from everyone. Immigration from Italy was reduced 90%. Racist Act
proved northern Europeans were elite compared to southern and eastern Europeans.
Flu epidemic: 1918-1919 700,000 Americans killed from the flu
The Great Migration
Welfare Capitalism
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Document Summary
Costa george najour: petition the government for citizenship, he attended a hearing for his petition, black or white to vote. Made him a citizen because his lawyer said that costa was white. Bhagat singh thind: race and citizenship for indians, court ruled against him because it was obvious that he was not white due to his color of his skin and clothing. Middle easterns tried to influence americans that they were white. Silk: trade, generations lebanon would keep silk worms, in syria they used silk for money, peasants grew on trees for silk worms to eat. Many peasants became factory workers in syria, the french included with trade with industrializing it. More income with higher silk prices and more factory work, families could buy more goods. 1/3 of lebanon 1880 1924 migrated to america. More likely to be young men which then followed to women because suitable suitors declined.
