26.4
What is an anarchist?
Anarchists believe in a society where there is no authority.
Communism
a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
What was the goal and purpose of the Quota system?
limit immigration to the United States according to the existing proportions of immigrant groups at the time
What two additional groups were discriminated against in the US?
1. Asians
2. African Americans
What groups were discriminated against in the Quota system?
Southern and eastern Europe and Asia
Why would someone become an anarchist group?
They feel that the government is dominating their personal freedoms.
Anarchy?
a state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of governmental authority.
What was one problem with immigration?
Infrastructure
Who was Marcus Garvey?
Jamaican born and he believed that blacks were never treated fairly.
What hate group was formed in response to the influx of immigrants?
KKK
Why did Russia fall to communism?
Complete change, overthrow of a government
Immigrants?
A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
What is a second concern with the influx of immigrants to the US?
Jobs
Explain Marcus Garvey's movement.
It was the back to Africa Movement. Garvey's idea was to start businesses to raise money to send Africans back to Africa.
What were the goals of the terrorists group?
1. prevent Blacks from voting
2. oppose immigrants
3. oppose communism
What is the Red Scare?
The fear of communism
Ku Klux Klan?
the name of an American Protestant-led Christian extremist, white supremacist,
What is a third concern with the influx of immigrants to the US?
Nativism
What were the goals of the Anti-Defamation League?
1. stop the defamation of the Jewish people
2. to secure justice and fair treatment to all.
What groups formed to provide help or assistance to the minorities living in the United States?
ACLU
With the Red Scare what was feared most?
fueled fear and suspicion
Quota system?
a policy that limits the number or percentage of people who can be admitted to or hired for a position based on certain characteristics
What groups were favored in the Quota system?
Western and Northern Europeans
What is Defamation?
any false information that harms the reputation of a person, business, or organization.
How did the support groups help US citizens?
1. defend the rights of all people
2. Freedom of speech, religion, women's rights for all
3. To make sure that the US Constitution is being supported