America: Post WWI Video Lecture Questions1) What was the Red Scare?
The Red Scare was a fear of communism and the possibility that communism could overtake America's democracy.
2) What was the American reaction to the Red Scare?
America's reaction to the Red Scare was to completely isolate themselves from foreign relations and limit immigrants that come to America.
3) What did the Sacco and Venzetti Case show about America?
The Sacco and Venzetti Case in America showed that America was deeply afraid of some and all immigrants that were not native born. This case was a case between two Italian men and although they both had plausible evidence, they were both convicted anyways because they were immigrants.
4) What was the social reactions to fear of immigrants in American society?
Some social reactions to the fear of immigrants in America were the creation of the Ku Klux Klan, the quota system, and the new immigration act or the Johnson Reede Act.
The Ku Klux Klan was created to torment and kill all those that were not white men born in America. The Quota System created the limitation that 3% of immigrants of the present population of a certain race could come to America. The new immigration act also did the same thing; however, instead of 3% of the total population, only 2% was allowed to move to America.
The Red Scare was a fear of communism and the possibility that communism could overtake America's democracy.
2) What was the American reaction to the Red Scare?
America's reaction to the Red Scare was to completely isolate themselves from foreign relations and limit immigrants that come to America.
3) What did the Sacco and Venzetti Case show about America?
The Sacco and Venzetti Case in America showed that America was deeply afraid of some and all immigrants that were not native born. This case was a case between two Italian men and although they both had plausible evidence, they were both convicted anyways because they were immigrants.
4) What was the social reactions to fear of immigrants in American society?
Some social reactions to the fear of immigrants in America were the creation of the Ku Klux Klan, the quota system, and the new immigration act or the Johnson Reede Act.
The Ku Klux Klan was created to torment and kill all those that were not white men born in America. The Quota System created the limitation that 3% of immigrants of the present population of a certain race could come to America. The new immigration act also did the same thing; however, instead of 3% of the total population, only 2% was allowed to move to America.