Tuesday, March 8, 2011






Stemming the Foreign Blood

From 1920-21==800,000 immigrants (2/3 from S & E Euro) came to Am. == Am.'s not so
happy.

Am's not happy = Congress responded to this flow with the Emergency Quota Act of 1921~3%
of a certain people in 1910 decided the amount of migrants to come in a year's
time. The Southern Europeans were fine with this b/c there were already so many of them in America during that specific year.


Eventually upgraded=Immigrat'n Act of 1924~instead of 3% of 1910 ppl, became 2% of 1890
ppl. AND excluded Japanese.
As one can imagine, the Japanese were not particularly fond of this = American hat rallies :(



Immigrat'n Act= end to an era that had welcomed 35 million New Immigrants~still left over:
communities of specific ethnicities that had a language barrier.

Language Barrier= difficult for workers to form Labor Unions (trick of employers).
=undermining of class and political solidarity.


1931== more foreigners left than had came.


America's sacrifice= tradition of freedom , opportunity, and future cultural diversity.


:)
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15 comments:

  1. Nico ConfortiMarch 9, 2011 at 8:57 AM

    It's really not the brightest idea for the country to just basically stop all of immigration. Especially the Japanese. It just makes them angry. We haven't made all the smartest moves, but oh well. I like your use of equal signs. Nice post. Maybe one day we can learn to not make mistakes. Ha! I made a funny!

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  2. ZacMarch 9, 2011 at 9:06 AM

    I like the post. Its informative and the short hand was cool though my first reaction was "What?!" I liked how easy the information was to read, it was just the important info about the gov. and the immigrants. In hindsight, maybe ticking off all those Japanese wasn't a good idea, look at Pearl Harbor....

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  3. Andrew ViegasMarch 9, 2011 at 9:13 AM

    Nice history and nice math.
    This is really what hurt America in the long run because their ignorance of these immigrants would hurt their foreign policy, especially in Japan. I'm glad I live in an era where immigrants are much more kindly received. Nice post.

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  4. Matthew RiggleMarch 9, 2011 at 9:15 AM

    I agree with Zac, I thought your stripping down the information to the bare minimum was extremely effective. Reading your post, I'm sure to remember the central idea around the immigration of the 20s. Nice post.

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  5. Hitchhiker007March 9, 2011 at 9:20 AM

    No immigration = No labor force
    No labor force = Nothing gets done
    Nothing gets done = BAD!!!

    Use of math is catchy.

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  6. BrendanMarch 9, 2011 at 9:27 AM

    Ich spreche Franzoesisch nicht. Ich spreche Deutsch. Dein Blog ist sehr verwirrend. America made a lot of countries angry at them (especially the Japanese).

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  7. ShaneMarch 9, 2011 at 9:31 AM

    It's hard to believe that the land of opportunity was so closed off from the immigrants in need! I suppose this is a part of history that people don't like to advertise...

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  8. BrennaMarch 9, 2011 at 9:36 AM

    I did not know about these anti-immigration laws! Very informative :)

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  9. Nick! TourvilleMarch 9, 2011 at 9:36 AM

    I like the proof format and the exclusion of the fluff. Good job! Informative and memorable.

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  10. Brent DeSMarch 9, 2011 at 9:43 AM

    Your theme of real quick facts proved super effective for me. I appreciate the effort on your part for keeping your reader in mind. Good post.

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  11. MariaMarch 9, 2011 at 9:44 AM

    There was a frightening amount of math in this post. C'est horrible. J'aime ton poste, Reine-Marie! Merci beaucoup! (P.S. Je suis une touriste, je sais.)

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  12. AnnaMarch 9, 2011 at 9:45 AM

    Thanks, Reine, you're a beauty. America behaved ridiculously about this, but you made it logical with all your equals signs and proofs, etc.

    ;)

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  13. BlackHawkMarch 9, 2011 at 9:45 AM

    Reine-Marie, nice job. Thanks for posting this information in english, I appreciate it. Also, the blog post was done nicely.

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  14. Ann LawsonMarch 9, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    Another writer has complimented you on the elimination of all "fluff." However, I have to disagree. While I appreciate (as others have) the shorthand approach, in this instance some key ideas are being left out. Please do update this post with additional information about how the purpose of the Immigration of Act of 1824 was perceived by Southern Europeans and some Asians. ALso, what did the authors of your text suggest was lost when America became a place where more foreigners left than arrived? Thanks! With the update it is sure to be magnifique.

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  15. ReineMarch 9, 2011 at 3:59 PM

    MRS. LAWSON! Almost all my teachers tell me my stuff is too fluffy. But anything for you! :)
    So it is fixed!

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