Nativism and The Klan
By: Emily and Olivia
Nativism
Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan is a racist, anti-Semitic movement with a commitment to extreme violence to achieve its goals of racial segregation and white supremacy.
Today there are more than 40 different Klan groups with a total of around 5,000 members.There is no “one” Klan. The Ku Klux Klan, with its long history of violence, is the most infamous and oldest of American hate groups.
National Origins Act
Emergency Quota Act
Passed in 1921, also known as the Emergency Act. The objective of this act was to temporarily limit the numbers of immigrants allowed into the United States by enforcing quotas based on country of birth. Annual allowable quotas were calculated at 3 percent of the total number of foreign-born people from that country. Exceptions to the quotas were made for government officials and their families,
“aliens” who were passing through the US or visiting as tourists or workers, immigrants from countries in the Western hemisphere, and children of US citizens. The Quota Act also did not apply to countries with mutual agreements with the US on immigration.
Alfred E. Smith's Election
Citations
Ku Klux Klan
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/kkk-beneath-the-hood/videos/mainstream-ku-klux-klan.htm
Nativism
http://www2.davidson.edu/academics/acad_depts/rusk/prima/Vol3Issue1/Nativism.htm
Ku Klux Klan
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/ideology/ku-klux-klan#.UYpPWqJQF2A
National Origins Act
Emergency Quota Act
http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Emergency_Quota_Act.html
Alfred E. Smith’s Election