Essential Questions:
1)Describe the feeling many Americans had after WWI.
-Many Americans felt bad after WWI because it became harder to live. The price of living doubled, they were tied and exhausted of war, and the economic situation. Women and minorities had jobs taken away or faced unemployment.
2)What were some reactions by Americans to their post-WWI feelings?
-Some reactions by Americans to their post-WWI feelings were fearful of outsiders. People become nativist or isolationist, people also feared communism because they were trying to get rid of capitalism.
3)What did the Palmer raids accomplish? Why did Palmer do the raids?
-Palmer did the raids because he wanted to hunt down political radicals (communist, socialist, and anarchists) because the capitalist system.
4)What did the KKK fear? Did their membership grow in the 1920's
-The KKK feared anyone who was not Americanism. The membership grow in 1920's because people were fearful and scared of change and therefore, joined the KKK.
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1)What was the quota system? (i.e. The quota system was a law that...)
-The quota system was a law that established the maximum number of people who could enter the United States from each foreign country.
2)Was the quota system discriminatory? If yes, to whom?
-The quota system discriminated against people from Eastern and Southern Europe. Mostly, Catholics and Jews.
3)How was Mexico affected by the quota system?
-Mexico was affected by the quota system because the law did not apply to immigrants from the Western Hemisphere. Almost 500,000 Mexicans crossed the nation's borders.
4)How was Japan affected by the quota system?
-Japan was affected by the quota system because the law prohibited Japanese immigration. Which caused bad feeling between the two nations.
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