History

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History revision
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Isolationism

• America was said to be a land of opportunity
  because no matter what life you had you could
  become something in America.
• Andrew Carnegie was an immigrant who founded a
  steel making industry in America and became rich.
• America was a mixed society by 1914 because there
  were people from all over the world living there.

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• America entered the First World War in 1917.
• America didnt suffer badly in the war because no
  fighting took place in America and it joined at a
  late date.
• America gained from the war because large powers
  like Britain and France owed them money and
  America had taken over overseas markets from some
  countries including German chemical works.

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• Woodrow Wilsons 14 points were used to form the
  League of Nations.
• Four reasons Americans didnt want to join the
  league were
• They didnt want to get involved in Europes
  petty squabbles.
• Didnt want to lose money.
• Did not want American soldiers to lose their
  lives.
• German immigrants didnt want to support it
  because it upheld the Treaty of Versailles.

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• The Republicans won the 1920 presidential
  election.
• Warren Harding was the leader of the Republicans
  at the time.
• The idea of returning to normalcy was getting
  back to the way America was before the war.
• This meant that America did not join the League
  of Nations and did not sign the Treaty of
  Versailles.

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• The government wanted to stop the sale of foreign
  goods in America to boost American industries.
• In 1922 congress passed the Fordney McCumber
  Tariff.
• A Tariff is a tax.
• The danger of putting a tariff on American
  imports is that other countries would put taxes
  on American goods.

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• Three reasons Americans wanted to cut the number
  of immigrants was
• Immigrants were taking all the jobs.
• Immigrants were bringing new political ideas such
  as communism.
• Some immigrants could not speak English.
• The Red scare was a fear of communism after the
  Russian revolt of 1917.
• Immigrants had to read a passage of English to
  pass the 1917 literacy test.

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• This meant less people from poorer countries
  because they could not afford to learn English.
• The Immigration Act of 1921 only allowed 357,000
  people into America and up to 3 of the number of
  that nationality already in America in 1910.
• This meant more people were allowed in from
  places like Britain because there were a lot of
  Brits living there already.

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• In 1924 the Immigration Quota Act changed again
  reducing the limit to 2 of the population in
  1890 and again in 1929 by reducing the limit to
  150,000.
• Three problems for many new immigrants were
• They lived in poor housing.
• Many could only find low paid jobs.
• Immigrants ghettos appeared with high crime and
  violence rates.
• 61 eye witnesses identified Sacco and Vanzetti as
  the killers. Also they were carrying loaded guns
  with bullets matching the size of bullet found in
  the victims. Also Vanzetti had a previous
  conviction for armed robbery.

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• Sacco and Vanzetti were seen elsewhere by 107
  people. And the others could not agree on the
  crime committed.
• Sacco and Vanzetti were executed in 1927.
• In 1977 the verdict was declared unjust because
  the judge was prejudiced against Sacco and
  Vanzettis political views.

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• 3 ways which America showed it was isolationist
  were
• Placing the Fordney McCumber Tariff on foreign
  goods.
• Reduced the number of immigrants over a small
  space of time.
• Did not join the League of nations.
• 5 reasons America became isolationist were
• They didnt want to lose money.
• They didnt want to be involved in petty European
  squabbles.
• They wanted to return to normalcy.
• Didnt want to lose soldiers.
• Wanted to boost American economy.