Reducing Immigration

We will be exploring:• The reasons for a

reduction in immigration• The Acts which enforced

reduced immigration.

ACTIVITYYou will be aiming to impress your ‘date’ by providing them with information to answer the following questions:

Why did attitudes to immigration change? • 6 points + explanation/example for each.How did America restrict immigration? • 3 laws + explanation/example for each.

ACTIVITYYou will have 3 minutes with each ‘date’.

You will ‘date’ some people twice…so…gather more information until you have everything you need!

Why did attitudes towards immigration change?

• Religious reasons • Political fears • Economic fears • Impact of WWI • 100% Nativism arguments

"the raw Irishman in America is a nuisance, his son a curse. They never assimilate; the second

generation simply shows an intensification of all the bad qualities of the first. . . .They are a burden and a misery to this country."

ACTIVITY 1• Create a mind map with the ‘Reasons for

1920s Immigration restrictions’ in the centre.

• You must also have the following branches; Religious reasons, political fears, economic fears, Impact of WWI, social fears and 100% Nativism arguments.

• Remember; each branch must have an explanation & where possible an example. Aim for at least 2 pieces of information for each branch.

ACTIVITY 2• Create a table with the following

column headings; ‘Act’, ‘Date’ & ‘This act meant…’

• Using the information in the hand out, collect at least 2 pieces of information for each of the three main acts.

Source B is by a U.S. Senator in 1921.

As soon as the immigrants step off the decks of their ships our problem has begun – Bolshevism, red anarchy, crooks and kidnappers. Thousands come here who never take the oath to support our Constitution and to become citizens of the United States. They do not respect what our flag represents. They pay allegiance to some other country and flag while they live upon the benefits of our own. They are of no service whatever to our people. They constitute a menace and a danger to us every day.

Assess the usefulness of Source B as evidence of the reasons for restricted immigration. (5)

KNOWLEDGE CHECK

1. 2 problems faced by new immigrants

2. 2 reasons for restricted immigration3. 2 immigration acts & what they did.