Struggle for Equality

Question 1

immigration act of 1924

Answer 1

• america pulls back on allowing foreigners into the nation
• reaction from wwi
• a quota is put on how many immigrants are allowed in
• ellis island shuts down
• limit all immigration to the US
• quota system

Question 2

united negro improvement association

Answer 2

• KKK needs to be stopped (it will grow in the 1920s)
• some wanted to go back to africa (to their roots) instead of staying in the unequal u.s.
• issues will not seriously be dealt with until the 1950s

Question 3

KKK

Answer 3

• grows in membership in the 1920s
• anti-immigration
• anti-equality for all
• approved of immigration act

Question 4

women’s rights

Answer 4

• suffrage (vote)

- 19th amendment will be passed (voting)

Question 5

remember this…

Answer 5

when the good times are rolling, many times people try to change the order of doing things. however, not all will want to change the “good times”

Question 6

the untied negro improvement association

Answer 6

worked to end the KKK’s influence in america

Question 7

immigration act of 1924 was a direct result of

Answer 7

nativism