THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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These factors encouraged attitudes of laissez-faire.
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These factors caused increased feelings of nativism.
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These factors led to a return of pre-war traditional values
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These factors created an atmosphere of tolerance toward immigrants.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nativism led to increased harassment of immigrants, both by official governmental bodies and by individual groups. It also led to increased political oppression of people with certain political ideologies like anarchism or communism.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the 1920s, policymakers reduced immigration with several cultural and economic goals in mind. One economic goal was to reduce the number of low-skilled workers in the U.S. economy, therefore allowing manufacturing to evolve in the direction of higher-skilled, higher productivity manufacturing activity.
Detailed explanation-3: -Contents. The United States experienced major waves of immigration during the colonial era, the first part of the 19th century and from the 1880s to 1920. Many immigrants came to America seeking greater economic opportunity, while some, such as the Pilgrims in the early 1600s, arrived in search of religious freedom.
Detailed explanation-4: -What were the effects of the massive influx of Immigrants in the late 1800s? When all of the immigrants suddenly rushed into the US during the 1800s many people either lost their job or lost pay. When all of the immigrants got over here they needed jobs.