Ch. 31 1. America turned to domestic isolation and social conservatism because of the Red Scare. The Red Scare cut back free speech‚ in which the hysteria caused many to want to eliminate the communists. Some states made it illegal to advocate overthrowing the government. From 1920 to 1921 about 800‚000 Europeans named New Immigrants flooded into the US. Because of this Congress passed the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 which only allowed 3 percent of Europeans to come the US. Soon after‚ the Immigration
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The Failure of Reconstruction In 1863‚ the Emancipation Proclamation gave freedom to all of the blacks. However‚ the road to freedom for the blacks was still going to be a long one and would not start until after the end of the Civil War. The Reconstruction definitely failed in bringing social and economic equality to the blacks because of; the failure of the Freedman’s Bureau‚ the blacks were kept from voting‚ and they were treated unfairly. To start with‚ the Freedman’s Bureau failed. At the
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Harper Lee writes To Kill A Mockingbird staying true to the sexism that took place during the period of the 1930s. At this time‚ how women were viewed was a paradox. While women were seen as pure‚ perfect‚ and dainty‚ they were also highly disrespected by men‚ labeled as dumb‚ and forced to work in the home and bear children. This paradoxical treatment of women was convenient for men who desired to control women and maintain their submissive demeanor. This mistreatment was highly integrated into
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and opposition during the 1920s. As a nation‚ America constantly struggles between its Christian roots and secular system. The 1920s saw a post-war clash between the old conservative values and a more contemporary diverse society. The Ku Klux Klan‚ originally founded in 1865 but outlawed in
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. Although there was still a persecution of blacks‚ especially in the south‚ much of the popularity of the Klan was due to the perception that conservative AngloSaxon Protestantism needed to defend itself against Catholics‚ Jews‚ immigrants‚ woman suffrage‚ resistance to prohibition‚ and evolution. Blacks lived in fear of physical punishment‚ just as in the days of the first Klan. Catholics were targeted with cross burnings‚ economic boycotts‚ and assaults. One group convinced themselv
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midnight Medgar Evers pulled into his driveway of his Jackson MS home as he was getting out of his car he was shot in the back by forty-two year old Bryon de la Beckwith. Bryon de la Beckwith was a Mississippi native‚ also known as a member of the Ku Klux Klan‚ and a white supremacist‚ Bryon bragged for 31 years how he had gotten away with killing Medgar Evers. Bryon knew he would never be convicted of killing a black man in Mississippi‚ no one has ever been convicted of killing a black man in Mississippi
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political processes as well as to oppress them. These terrorist organizations also brought insurrections against state governments. After the withdrawal of federal troops from the South‚ southern state government and terrorist organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan
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wife‚ Olivia Davidson moved to Albany with her family where she became a school teacher. Her life rivaled that of Washington‚ because of their similar background and goals. According to the passage‚ the death of her brother by the hands of the Ku Klux Klan prompted her to move to Memphis and then Tuskegee where she continued to
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pictures violated the policy against nudity. In 2008‚ Facebook received criticism for not removing content‚ specifically‚ the pages of anti-gypsy groups. Members of the UK parliament 4 condemned Facebook for hosting pages that include images of the Ku Klux Klan. And in 2009‚ 5 Facebook was pressured to remove groups that denied the Holocaust. No doubt Facebook is in a tough position. They would like to maintain freedom of speech on the Web‚ but critics argue that Facebook has the responsibility to
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still pervasive in Australia in 2011. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the power of racism causes men and women to fear difference and conform to the status quo. The majority of white citizens were extremely racist; a few were even involved with the Ku Klux Klan. The whites tried to control the African – Americans‚ for fear of rebellion. They allocated separate housing areas for the African – Americans‚ forced them to build their own church and have as little to do with them as possible. This segregation
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