1920's Immigration Movements

In the 1920’s, there were many movements and instances that happened and changed America to what it is today. It was during that time that not only African Americans were being persecuted, but women and other minorities such as Hispanics were also fighting for their rights. Groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and the practice of anti-communism kept many people on their toes. Many Americans had just come back from the World War and the spiral submergence of the US economy had just begun. The 1920’s was a time and era in which immigrants would consider that coming to America wasn’t actually a good idea, mainly due to the facts that White Americans were going against their political and ideological beliefs that bended their definition of freedom. …show more content…
The act limited immigration to only two percent and stopped nearly all immigrants coming in from Japan and China. China had its’ own act and it was called the Chinese Exclusion Act, which completely barred them off from America. Due to the idea that the Americans were scared of losing their jobs, they sat out these laws. With this and the Red Scare starting at the time, President Coolidge signed the act to prevent further situations from starting. Not only did it stop Asian countries but also Southern European countries. The main reason really though, was that Americans wanted to preserve their ideal of American homogeneity. Americans used political structure to keep them strong but still did not see the other side of their ideological …show more content…
With the Russians as enemies in America’s eyes, the word commie was used against America’s own people. This was the beginning of the Red Scare and it resulted in many riots and even bombs being sent to leaders such as Mitchell Palmer who was America’s Attorney General. As the country was going against every suspected commie they can think of, two innocent immigrant men named Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were accused of robbing and killing two guards. With evidence and many people claiming that they were innocent, the judge still did not show any mercy to the two immigrants and they were killed for suspicious reasoning only. Due to the Espionage Act laid by President Woodrow Wilson, many people were kept on watch. As the country was in turmoil, hundreds of immigrants were accused and many were sent back to where they came from. This was not a place where immigrants would choose to move to especially when the authorities had set up political laws to take away your