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The red scare 1920s (Societal concerns - scopes/monkey trial: (1925, Laws…
The red scare 1920s
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Palmer raids:
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Palmer spread rumours about the red scare - stating that 150,000 communists were living in America (0.1% of the population).
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This resulted in around 6,000 being arrested and held in prison without a hearing - hundreds of these were then deported.
the Palmer Raids were a response to imaginary threats most of these immigrants were peaceful people.
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What happened
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America feared that the same thing would happen to them and with a flood of Eastern Europeans coming in they were even more scared.
Types of immigrants
Old immigrants: Immigrants that conform to social norms in America (melting pot immigrants). For example Eastern EUropean.
New immigrants: Those who do not conform to social norms (mosaic model) for example: Italian, Irish and Asian cultures.Leads to this mosaic culture where they cling together forming communities for example little Italy and Chinatown.
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