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Racism in post-war America

Racism in post-war America. SWBAT: Examine through the use of primary source documents, lecture, and discussion the effects of racism in post world war I America. Homework: None. Enjoy the weekend. Do Now: Read the article “The Duluth Tragedy” and answer the questions that follow.

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Racism in post-war America

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  1. Racism in post-war America SWBAT: Examine through the use of primary source documents, lecture, and discussion the effects of racism in post world war I America. Homework: None. Enjoy the weekend. Do Now: Read the article “The Duluth Tragedy” and answer the questions that follow.

  2. The scene in Duluth, Michigan • Questions to consider: • What is the setting of the crime? • What is the attitude of those in attendance? Lynching of Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson, and Isaac McGhie

  3. This is not a rare event…

  4. Racism and the Rise of the KKK • By 1924, KKK membership reached 4.5 million. • Looked for “white male persons, native-born gentile citizens”. • Wanted to keep blacks “in their place”. • Wasn’t just African Americans they didn’t like. Also hated: • Catholics • Jews • immigrants.

  5. Racism and Immigrants • From 1919 to 1921, the number of immigrants had grown almost 600% from 141,000 to 805,000. • Because of pressure from nativists, Congress decided to limit immigration from certain countries- namely those in southern and eastern Europe. • What is it about the people from southern and eastern European countries Americans didn’t like?

  6. Result • Quota System: est. the max. # of people who could enter the US from each foreign country. • Limited immigration to 2% of the # of its nationals living in the US in 1890. • By 1927, the law had been amended to admitting no more than 150,000 people total in any given year. • The law did not apply to those living in the Western Hemisphere. • In the 1920s a million Canadians and ½ a million Mexicans crossed the border.

  7. Racism and Immigration today • How are immigrants treated today in the US? • What are stereotypes about immigrants? • Has anyone heard of Arizona’s Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act, or Arizona SB 1070?

  8. Arizona SB 1070 • requires officers to make a reasonable attempt to determine the immigration status of a person stopped, detained or arrested if they possess “reasonable suspicion” that the person is unlawfully present in the United States, • requires all aliens over the age of 14 who remain in the United States for longer than 30 days to register with the U.S. government and to have registration documents in their possession at all times • made it a state misdemeanor crime for an alien to be in Arizona without carrying the required documents • imposed penalties on those sheltering, hiring and transporting unregistered aliens. What is the problem with a law like this?

  9. Reaction

  10. Exit Slip • In what ways are the attitudes and actions of the US in the 1920s similar to those of Americans presently?

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