Xenophobia is the intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries Who was involved with xenophobia The majority of Americans were influenced by the Ku Klux Klan agency which discriminated and persecuted immigrants and minorities in America The KKK advocate white supremaci ID: 759868
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Xenophobia
Slide2What is Xenophobia?
Xenophobia is the intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries.
Slide3Who was involved with xenophobia?
The majority of Americans were influenced by the Ku Klux Klan agency, which discriminated and persecuted immigrants and minorities in America. The KKK advocate white supremacists and attack blacks, Catholics, Jews, and foreigners.
Slide4What did the KKK do?
The KKK really bloomed in the 1920’s. They marketed messages nationwide through paid
kleagles
. They violently sent threats, whipped, and labeled immigrants as intolerant. Their main target was eliminating blacks. To become popular, they sponsored events and promoted Klan sympathizers running in the political office.
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occuring
with it.
Slide5Where did xenophobia occur?
Xenophobia was mainly concentrated in rural areas and especially in the Southern United States.
Slide6When was xenophobia relevant?
In 1921, Congress insisted that America must stay American, so they passed the Emergency Quota Act, which blocked Southern and Eastern Europeans. On April 15, 1920 a guard and a paymaster were assassinated. The police unfairly misjudged two Italian immigrants, Sacco and Vanzetti, as murderers and thieves. Later on, a gangster admitted to the crime, but Sacco and Vanzetti were still executed, after claiming they were innocent the whole time. They found no evidence of stolen money from them.
Slide7Why did xenophobia exist?
People were concerned with the purity of America, and they believed only Americans should stay here.