THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE 1920S
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the role of nativism in the development of United States policies
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imperialist attitudes in foreign affairs
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restrictive trading policies toward Asian nations
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the influence of big business on foreign policy
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Detailed explanation-1: -What did the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and the Gentlemen’s Agreement with Japan in 1907 both illustrate? The role of nativism in the development of United States policies. Which of the following descriptions most adequately captures the nature of politics in the Gilded Age? Politics were badly in need of reform.
Detailed explanation-2: -Meant to curb the influx of Chinese immigrants to the United States-particularly California-the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 suspended Chinese immigration for ten years and declared Chinese immigrants ineligible for naturalization. President Chester A.
Detailed explanation-3: -An informal agreement (1907-1908) between Japan and the United States that restricted the inflow of Japanese immigrants in exchange for desegregating San Francisco’s public schools.
Detailed explanation-4: -The goal of this agreement was to calm down immigration disputes and war scares that had escalated in these countries. The agreement was made without formal ratification, and its contents were not revealed to the public until it was harshly criticized in the early 1920s.