Similarities And Differences In The 1920's

The 1920’s The 1920’s was a time of great change and differences. The people of the United States were just getting over their problems from the First World War, and all the German-American immigrants were not helping them one bit. The 1920’s was an era full of xenophobia and prejudice, especially in the areas of The Red Scare, The Immigration Restriction Act, the Sacco and Vanzetti trial, the country’s immigration hysteria, and the theory of Eugenics. The Red Scare came to be due to the U.S.’s fear of communists, socialists, anarchists, and other groups, because they were worried that at any time they would begin a revolution (“The Red Scare”). Due to this problem, many of the U.S. citizens felt a major rise of patriotism, other than some workers, also known as “Reds,” who decided to go on strike. The strikes began to worry many people. Without the workers, the food could run out. Thankfully, the police came in and helped the people keep the peace. Following that, the Boston police also decided to go on …show more content…
had such a big problem with immigration, they decided to work on the idea of Eugenics. With Eugenics, the people wanted to create better people, therefore perfecting the human race’s traits (PBS). With this belief, different groups formed to help promote this theory, like the Race Betterment Foundation and the American Eugenics Society. These groups would help put on contests for families to prove that their child was the “better baby.” Also known as “fitter family” contests, these competitions reminded people of the contests at the fair, like the best pumpkin contests. All of these events led back to these peoples’ desires to prevent poor breeding in the future (PBS). With better genetics, they believed that it could prevent diseases for future generations (Regalado). If the people had what was deemed as bad traits, they were then told that they should not reproduce, because their “bad traits” would lead to a worse future generation