American History Chapter 19

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Great Migration

6 million African-Americans moved out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West.

Jim Crow Laws

Discriminated against Af-Am. Separate facilities; From bathrooms to hospitals.

Plessy v. Ferguson

Supreme court decision that made separate but equal ok and helped strengthen Jim Crow Laws.

Lynchings

Executions by a mob of people.

Red Summer

Race riots in the summer of 1919 in Chicago. During these riots 15 whites and 23 Af- Am were killed.

Nativists

Those “born” or “native” to the US - wanted to restrict immigration into the US.  Nativists believed people of other races, religions, and nationalities were inferior.

Ethnocentrism

Belief that one's own race is superior to others.

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)/Gentlemen's Agreement(1907)

Some of the earliest anti-immigration laws...mostly focused on Asians. Once the transcontinental RR was completed their labor was no longer desired. 

The Immigration Acts of 1921, 1924, and 1929

Established strict quotas or the total number allowed in America from southern and eastern Europe.

“Red Scare” 1919-1920

Led to the deportation of many aliens/foreigners. The end of WWI brought new fears to many Americans of Communists, anarchists, and immigrants.

Palmer Raids

Rounding up thousands of suspected Communists and anarchists. 600 were deported.

Sacco and Vanzetti Case

Two men were convicted of a murder that they did not commit.  Used as examples during the red scare.