HIST 2112 Chapter Notes - Chapter 24: Speakeasy, Equal Rights Amendment, Sinclair Lewis
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Nativism: prizing white americans with older family trees over more recent immigrants _ rejecting outside influences in favor of their own local customs. Sacco-vanzetti case: sacco and vanzetti were italian immigrants who were accused of being part of a robbery and murder in braintree, massachusetts (1920) There was no direct evidence linking them to the crime, but (in addition to being immigrants) both men were anarchists who favored the destruction of the u. s. market-based, capitalistic society through violence. Jury found them guilty = both men were executed. National origins act (1924): lowered the immigration level to 2% of the 1890 census = reduced the share of eligible southern + eastern europeans. Ku klux klan: experienced a resurgence of attention following the popularity of the birth of a nation. 2nd incarnation of kkk was established at stone mountain, ga. Supported protestantism, anti-catholicism + anti-semitism, appeals for stricter immigration policies + accepted by nativists w/ similar prejudices.
