THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE 1920S
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limits on immigration established by the Quota Acts
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pro-business policies of the federal government
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artistic and literary achievements of the Harlem Renaissance
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conflicts between religion and science as shown in the Scopes Trial
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer. The development that most clearly illustrates the nativist attitudes that existed in the United States in the 1920s was 1. limits on immigration established by the Quota Acts.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The Sacco and Vanzetti trial in Massachusetts and the Scopes trial in Tennessee revealed many Americans’ fears and suspicions about immigrants, radical politics, and the ways in which new scientific theories might challenge traditional Christian beliefs.
Detailed explanation-4: -In addition to limiting immigration as much as possible, the intent of the legislation was to allow the “more desirable” immigrants from northern and western Europe to come into the United States in higher numbers.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Red Scare, radical anarchist bombings, and the Sacco & Vanzetti trial led to a rise in nativism – the dislike of foreigners. Nativists believed white Protestant Americans were superior to others.