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Immigration coming to live permanently in a foreign country Emigration the act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:02 / 0:15 Full screen Brainpower Read More Push Factor A reason for someone wanting to leave their own country Pull Factor A reason for someone wanting to go to another country Open Door Policy More lenient on emigration to America from other countries Ellis Island Immigration centre for people travelling to America from other countries How long would most peoples' process at Ellis Island last for? under 24 hours How much money would you need to travel into America after the process at Ellis Island? $25 Melting pot many different people from different cultures and countries coming into America and 'melting together'. Literacy Test 1917 Immigrants had to pass a series of reading and writing tests to prove they could speak English. Emergency Quota Act 1921 A law which restricted the number of immigrants to 357,000 per year, and also set down a quota - only 3 per cent of the total population of any overseas group already in the USA in 1910 could come in after 1921. Americanization The influence of America on people, cultures and countries American Dream Where the highest aspirations and goals can be achieved for all people in America National Origins Act 1924 This law reduced the maximum number of immigrants to 150,000 per year and cut the quota to 2 per cent, based on the population of the USA in 1890. The act was aimed at restricting southern and eastern Europeans immigrants as well as from Asia Red Scare Concern from US people because of the spread of communist ideas leading to a revolution in Russia in 1917. People were scared of the same happening in America. Palmer Raids Attacks organised by A Mitchell Palmer against left-wing organisations in 1920 Sacco and Vanzetti Sacco and Vanzetti were Italian immigrants who were arrested and accused of armed robbery even though 107 witnesses said they had been seen elsewhere after the crime. The Judge (Webster Thayer) was prejudiced against Sacco and Vanzetti Religious Fundamentalists Mainly from the Bible belt and only believed what the bible said exactly. They rejected the idea of evolution and Charles Darwin Monkey Trial July 1925 John Scopes was fined 100 dollars and convicted of breaking the law by opposing the Butler Act and teaching children at his school in Tennessee about the theory of evolution. Butler Act Made it illegal for any public school to teach any theory denying the story of creation. Who were the lawyers in the Monkey Trial? Fundamentalists - William Jennings Bryan Evolutionists - Clarence Darrow