A Nation Divided

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A Nation Divided

• Explain how NAs attempted to regain tribal land.
• Discuss the factors that led to the rise of the
  KKK.
• Discuss the reasons for the increased Mexican
  immigration in the 1920s.

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Bellringer

• What was the purpose of the KKK when it
  originated?

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Copy HW

• Questions
• What did the revival of the Klan and the
  immigration laws reveal about the 1920s?
• What is the trickle down theory? Name a
  president that used this approach.
• What was the Red Scare?
• Define federalism.

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Compare and Share HW

• Questions
• What were the effects of the Republican
  presidents of the 1920s?
• How did labor movements fair in the 1920s?
• What role did the government play in the economy
  during WWI?
• Give an example of an annexation of a territory
  by the US.

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Intro

• Show picture of KKK in Nineveh. Why would we
  have the KKK here?

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A Nation Divided

• NA Life
• Dawes Act was a failure
• 1924 NAs granted citizenship

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African Americans Move North

• African American population in North was double
  that of 1910 by 1930
• Strong communities existed in
• Chicago
• Detroit
• NYC (esp. Harlem)
• Faced discrimination and bigotry

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Chicago riots July 1919
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Black Nationalism

• Marcus Garvey leader
• Call for a Back to Africa movement
• Black separation economic/political and social

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The Return of the KKK

• Result of intolerance
• Similar to old Klan in the South
• Midwest and North targets blacks, radicals,
  immigrants, Catholics and Jews
• Height 1925

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Immigration Restrictions

• 140K in 1919 to 805 K in 1921
• 1921 National Origins Act
• 3 of each nationality from 1910
• NO Asians
• W. Hemisphere immigration NOT restricted

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Immigration Act of 1924

• Reduced quotas to 2 of the 1890 figures
• Limited SE Europeans
• Annual Quota for Asians 100 each (China and
  Japan)

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Mexican American Migration

• Employers in SW encouraged
• 500K entered in 1920s
• Poor work and living conditions
• Settled in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, El
  Paso, San Antonio, etc

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Closure

• What effect did the African American migration
  have on the North?