History A Level Edexcel America ( UNIT 3 ) Questions and Answers all Answered correctly

What was the Dillingham Commission? (&year) - ANSWERS1911 -investigated impact of immigration on USA -'old' and 'new' immigrants -threat to American society -used to justify 1921 Emergency Quota Why did they start using legislation against immigration? - ANSWERS-Fear of communists (red scare 19-20) -post war isolationism -Dillingham report -unemployment -to control hysteria Why did people overlook the fact that some immigrants were illegal at first? - ANSWERS-high demands for workers -exploited them due to their fears of deportation Why did the number of Mexican immigrants rise? - ANSWERSQuota system did not apply to them What effects did the great depression have on immigration? - ANSWERSHostility in urban areas due to job competition -Mexicans were deported Name the 4 pieces of immigration legislation from 1917-29 - ANSWERS1917 - immigration act (lists 'undesirables') 1921 - Emergency Quota (3% of population in 1910) 1924 - Johnson Reed (2% of population from 1890 census) 1929 - National Origins Formula (150,000 limit) What is the term given to the USA because of its many cultures? - ANSWERSThe melting pot What did Reverend Hesse Jackson say about this analogy? - ANSWERS- 'all the same soup, but not all the same' How did immigrants have influence? - ANSWERS-large numbers (can influence politics) -ie) voted for FDR'S new deal (laissez-faire only exploits them) -1920 - had established lawyers and politicians On WW2 which immigrants were now seen as the enemy? - ANSWERS-Italians (14% of pop) -Germans (10.8%) -Japanese (less than 1%) What happened to Japanese immigrants after pearl harbor? - ANSWERS120,000 shut up in interment camps What act was passed in 1952? - ANSWERSImmigration and nationality act What did the USA want to do during the cold war and how? - ANSWERSHelp refugees escape communism -pass lots of refugee acts from 1953 onwards What did Kennedy believe? - ANSWERS'Immigrants should be seen as enriching the country' - Johnson carried on Kennedy's work towards abolishing quotas and Congress passed this in 1965 Why did Asian immigrants come to the U.S ? - ANSWERSTo flee the Vietnam war How many Asian immigrants were there by 1985? - ANSWERS700,000 What happened in 1954 to control immigration? - ANSWERSImmigration and naturalisation service (operation wetback) How much was it limited to in 1976? - ANSWERS20,000 Why were there illegal immigrants and who were they? - ANSWERS-cheap and exploitable labour -from Mexico and the Philippines What was passed in 1920 giving women the right to vote? - ANSWERS19th Ammendment What was the League of Women Voters? - ANSWERS-encourage women to vote -did register drives like the civil rights movement What happened during the roaring 20's? - ANSWERS-Widespread electrification -more appliances What was created in 1920? (Women) - ANSWERSWomens Bureau of Labour How many (%) of Women were working on 1910 and 1940? - ANSWERS1910 - 8.3% 1940 - 9.8% What were flappers? - ANSWERS"new breed" of young Western women in the 1920s wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior. Smoked and drank at speakeasies What did the Women's Bureau of Labour find in 1932? - ANSWERS97% of Women worked because they had to, not because they wanted to Why were the WBL mostly ignored? - ANSWERS-focus on women -hindering progress (Muller vs Oregan) Work hours reduced to less than 10 -proposed minimum wage and became less desirable How did the New Deal affect women? - ANSWERSMen = priority -civilian conservation corps ('33-'42) -gave 2.5 million men work -childcare provisions What did Eleanor Roosevelt set up for women and when? - ANSWERS1933 - Camp Tera (funded by private donations) BUT - short term / no wages / no work after How much did black and white women get paid if a white man got a dollar? (1930's) - ANSWERSWhite man - $1 White woman - 61c Black woman - 23c What did Fannie Peck start in Detroit and when? - ANSWERS1933 - Housewives League -shop in black stores -'don't buy where you can't work' Who was the poster girl for WW2? - ANSWERSRosie the Riviter Which act extended childcare provisions and when? - ANSWERS1942 - Lanhamd act Which group reformed during WW2? - ANSWERSThe Women's land army (employment 15-23%) What role did black women play during the war? - ANSWERS- worked in munitions (still discrimination and stigma) - Black women in nursing courses double Where did people move from 1950-60 and how many moved? - ANSWERS- Suburbs - 19 million move - creates ghettos in the cities When did the Women's Liberation Movement really take off? - ANSWERS1961-80 What did JFK issue in 1961? - ANSWERSCommission of enquiry on the status of Women What law was passed in 1958? - ANSWERSEducation act -councillors in schools -BUT - not enough and girls still only taught to be wives Which act was passed in 1964? - ANSWERSCivil Rights Act (w/ sexual equality) When and who was Betty Friedan? - ANSWERSWrote 'The Feminine Mystique' -member of NOW What and when were NOW? - ANSWERS1966 - National Organisation for Women -worked in political system -wanted equal rights act Who were the young radicals? ( +examples ) - ANSWERS- Under 30 -white middle class w/ college education -worked with black civil rights groups ie) SNCC and SDS - met with condescension What did women's groups do in 1970? - ANSWERSNOW go on strike - membership rose by 50% What opposition did this Liberation Movement face? - ANSWERSSeen as 'Un-American' - disagree with abortion and contraception - Phyllis Schafley 'STOP ERA' 1972 What was STOP ERA and who started it? - ANSWERSPhyllis Schafley - Stop Taking Our Privaleges Equal Rights Act