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Racism Towards Immigrants

Racism Towards Immigrants. By: Hannah, Jason, Julia, and Phoebe. Cities and Immigrants…. 1920- Urban population passed 50%. New York- 2.2 million Chicago- 1 million Detroit- 425,000 Many people came from rural areas in the U.S.

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Racism Towards Immigrants

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  1. Racism Towards Immigrants By: Hannah, Jason, Julia, and Phoebe

  2. Cities and Immigrants… • 1920- Urban population passed 50%. • New York- 2.2 million • Chicago- 1 million • Detroit- 425,000 • Many people came from rural areas in the U.S. • Russia, Japan, China, Mexico, and European Jews were the primary immigrants.

  3. City Life • Immigrants lived in tenements without proper utilities like plumbing and electricity. • They often had to work in factories for a low wage. • The work force was increasing exponentially. • As a result, the working conditions became deplorable. • Many immigrant children were forced to work too.

  4. Immigration Restrictions “All the great problems… are tied up with the one great problem of foreign immigration.” • Immigration Restriction League: called for literacy test to cut down the flow of immigrants. • American Federation of Labor: supported immigration restrictions • Many Progressives supported immigration restrictions • Congress produced literacy test bills in 1896, 1913, and 1915. • They were all eventually vetoed

  5. The Eugenics Movement • Eugenics- the control of reproduction to alter the characteristics of a plant or animal species. • 1904, the Carnegie Foundation funded a genetics research center on Long Island • Charles B. Davenport- zoologist and racist who believed in eugenics to alter the human race • States began to legalize sterilization of • Criminals • Sex offenders • People with mental problems

  6. Buck v. Bell • Carrie Buck against Dr. J.H. Bell • Carrie said that the ESA violated her Constitutional rights as an American. • Carrie, her daughter, and her mother were “feebleminded and promiscuous” • Carrie and her mother(Emma) were already institutionalized at the time when the Virginia Eugenical Sterilization Act of 1924. • Decision- To uphold the ESA and Buck was sterilized

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