USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Young women who rebelled against traditional ways of thinking and acting were called flappers. Immigration Act of 1924 (limit # of immigrants coming into the U.S.) and Sacco-Vanzetti trial are examples of an increase in nativism and intolerance.

Detailed explanation-2: -In reaction, some embraced nativism, prizing white Americans with older family trees over more recent immigrants and rejecting outside influences in favor of their own local customs.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -In the 1920s, a backlash against immigrants and modernism led to the original culture wars. Many Americans celebrated the emergence of modern technologies and less restrictive social norms, while others strongly objected to the social changes.

Detailed explanation-5: -The 1920’s was undoubtedly an era of intolerance. Nativist groups like the Ku Klux Klan were in control and discrimination was evident all over the country. This led to immigration restriction as well as the inhibition of cultural movements by minority populations.