Responding to Industrialization Pt. 1

History 120 A Exam 2

American Protective Association (APA)

Focused on committing to opposing Catholic influence. They wouldn't have dinner, a drink, or be in the same room as a Catholic.

Who was a member of the Immigration Restriction League?

Edward Ross

What did the Immigration Restriction League call for?

Limiting the number of immigrants that could enter America per year.

What is one thing that the Immigration Restriction League did to restrict immigrants

They administered a literacy test to immigrants, ensuring that each immigrant was a person of charecter.character

What benefit did industries gain from hiring immigrants?

They could get good labor cheaply.

Why were the limitations on immigrants still having a hard time minimizing immigration?

Because Industries and Urban Politicians relied on their labor and vote to keep running so they would provide services for the immigrants.

What was the Chinese exclusion act? (1882)

Congress put a ban on future Chinese migration for 10 years and would renew the ban every 10 years. this lasted until 1943.

Why weren’t Chinese immigrants getting the same amount of support as other immigrants?

Chinese immigrants spoke different languages from the European immigrants and were mostly Confucianists. Even though they were great workers, Industries were hesitant to hire them because there weren’t as many of them compared to the Europeans.

Interstate Commerce Commission

A government body that watched over the railroads. It was was the first ever government protected business. Congress would give ICC power to give out cerise and desist orders.

Was the ICC affective? If not why?

NO, The ICC was ineffective because of they would hire retired railroad managers to work for it, and they would have a bias for the railroads allowing railroads to eventually sue and win. The Supreme Court would weaken them.

Sherman Anti-Trust act 

Made it illegal for large companies to form trusts, monopolies, or other combinations that restricted interstate trade and competition. They also compensated those affected by them compensation via “Triple Damages”. 

What are triple damages?

When the Sherman Anti-Trust Act would compensate victims 3x the amount they lost from those big companies.

What ended up happing to the SAA?

It ended up backfiring and causing more harm than goof to the workers.