1) Actively read the Prohibition source located at the link below. Summarize the article and explain how Prohibition (the 18th Amendment) was a related to immigration and nativism in the 1920s.
Prohibition Period: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=441
2A. Read the two or more of the Reader’s Immigration Stories collected by New York Times reporter Julia Preston at : http://news.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/share-your-immigration-story/index.html
OR
2B. Read a recent summary of immigration policy published by the New York Times.
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/immigration_and_refugees/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier
3. Consider these stories/ articles and what you know about immigration policy in the U.S. throughout history and today. Answer the framing question:
How has US immigration policy changed over time? Does immigration policy reflect or disregard the needs of society and/or immigrant groups in modern day society?
Use specific examples from the articles to support your answer.
Your blog must be at least 200 words.
Respond to at least one other post.
Due Saturday 4/19.
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FYI- There will also be a blog to complete over break that will be due Sunday 4/25!
Any student interested in blog extra credit may complete steps 2 A and B.
Extra credit project over break: complete a 2-3 page research paper on an artist, poet, entertainer, sports figure, politician, or organized crime leader of the Roaring Twenties and/or Harlem Renaissance. Must include 2 research sources in MLA format.
Prohibition Period: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=441
2A. Read the two or more of the Reader’s Immigration Stories collected by New York Times reporter Julia Preston at : http://news.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/share-your-immigration-story/index.html
OR
2B. Read a recent summary of immigration policy published by the New York Times.
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/immigration_and_refugees/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier
3. Consider these stories/ articles and what you know about immigration policy in the U.S. throughout history and today. Answer the framing question:
How has US immigration policy changed over time? Does immigration policy reflect or disregard the needs of society and/or immigrant groups in modern day society?
Use specific examples from the articles to support your answer.
Your blog must be at least 200 words.
Respond to at least one other post.
Due Saturday 4/19.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FYI- There will also be a blog to complete over break that will be due Sunday 4/25!
Any student interested in blog extra credit may complete steps 2 A and B.
Extra credit project over break: complete a 2-3 page research paper on an artist, poet, entertainer, sports figure, politician, or organized crime leader of the Roaring Twenties and/or Harlem Renaissance. Must include 2 research sources in MLA format.
5 comments:
Ian Murphy
History
Block A
Immigration to the U.S., since its inception in the early 1800's, has always been crucial to the development of our country. We as Americans, especially members of our government, of course, have done everything in our power to Americanize these cultures in the past so that disorder could be prevented to the highest possible degree. Take Prohibition in the early 20th century for example; advocates of this system believed that by banning the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol would aid in the Americanization of foreigners. In order for this to work, however, Prohibition would have to have been properly enforced, which was almost impossible with so many violators smuggling and bootlegging. In fact, not many people are actually very certain how Prohibition would actually benefit Americanization. In a strange twist of fate, our government officials no longer seem to want to Americanize immigrants today; rather, they are trying to find ways to control it so that we don't become overpopulated. There are several issues linked to overpopulation, mainly concerning employment, that can lead to even more problems that our "solutions" (i.e., deportation) are not necessarily able to solve. It does appear that our immigration policies have changed over time, but it remains certain throughout the history of U.S. immigration that these policies do not reflect the actual needs of society.
Before prohibition was constiutionalized, 65 percent of the country had already banned alcohol. Many women were concerned that drinking alcohol was causing abuse, of both the wives and children, while industrialists were concerned that drinking would cause men to work less, or poorly. Prohibition ativists thought that banning alcohol would Americanize immigrants, eliminate corruption and end machine politics.
Going through with prohibiton, at the time seemed patriotic, because many breweries were run by Germans, and the prohibition was considered a war measure, saying the grain should be used to make bread for the men at war, rather than for beer for the people at home. This decision was somewhat controversial, industires were saying that the taxes on liquor were paying for the war effort, and drinking was considered part of the American culture, as it is still seen today.
Many states tried to help the eifforts of prohibition, but it was hard to control, becuase people were still smuggling in alcohol.
Immigration began in the early 1800's and has changed much since. One push factor of immigration is jobs, many immigrants came to the United States for work, and in the mid 1980's President Bush created a law saying that immigrants many temporarily coem into the country to fill job positions that would other wise be unoccupied, but it was decided that a law woudl be created instead, that woudl deport illegal immigrants and it woudl be a felony to help them, such as by giving them a job.
Larry Williams
History
Block A
Immigration.The concept and backbone of our country. Immigration has been around for quite some time and it is very sad that people in the U.S do not take it seriously. Because of this everyday more and more illegal immigrants find there way into our country. And because of this everyday more and more get sent back (or deported)to ther country. As americans we need to realize that without immigrants most americans wouldnt be here. Deep down inside of each and everyone of us there has to be someone who flew here or came off a boat to get here and that means that the immigrants that are trying to get through today are just like are ancestor's that tried to do the same."In 2003, President Bush called for a comprehensive overhaul of the nation's immigration laws, the first since the mid-80's. His proposal focused on creating a guest worker program that would allow immigrants to legally enter the country temporarily to fill jobs that employers say would otherwise go unfilled. The plan was overshadowed by the opening of the Iraq war and was set aside during the campaign season of 2004". As you can see in this quote immigration has changed over time. This made by President Bush allowed the immigrants to come in "illegally" and find jobs just as the normal american would. I believe that this program was and still is crucial to the change that these immigrants deserve.
In conclusion I believe that the immigration policies in the U.S reflect the needs of the immigrants because it shows that they do need us and that we can help them make there lives better. As people we have to realize that these immigrants leave behind there family just to find a better life and the least we can do is help them make that life better.
Conrad Mallien
4/19/08
USA History
This article is about the good, the bad, and the prejudice attitude towards immigrants of the 18th ammendment. The orginal reason the ammendment was created to stop corruption and in order to make certain that this would happen, the US government claimed to have made this act because most bars/saloons were owned by German immigrants and that we were "aiding the alien enemy". Even though th e number of deaths associated with drinking had gone down, the number of crimes, gangs, and corruption had gone up. In the end, prohibition had caused more problems than solutions.
During the 1920s there was a great transition in the American culture. Many people had gotten into drinking alcohol. As a result of this, there was the prohibition movement. Prohibition was basically created to close all bars and stop marketing liquor to the public. The main people who pushed prohibition were women. The main reason was because their husbands would come in drunk and sometimes rape their wives. This would cause women to become pregnant even if they didn’t want to. Prohibition was related to immigration and nationalism because as Ian said, when immigrants came in they tried to Americanize them, this included selling alcohol to other countries. When they tried to stop the sale of alcohol that gave way to bootlegging and speakeasies, mainly ran by immigrants. In the US immigration has made a drastic change. During the time of prohibition immigration was easily accepted, though many people thought their county was better they still accepted some immigrants. Now many people feel that others shouldn’t be allowed to come into the country. When the fact of the matter is , in some way or another we are all immigrants. I think that the immigration policy does disregard the needs of society and the immigrant groups. We all know that without immigrants, this country wouldn’t be what it is today, so who are we to judge. Immigrants come in and do the work that American wouldn’t do, so why accuse them taking jobs. In all prohibition was a major turning point in American history, although it didn’t last long. Immigration is one of the greatest things to happen to this country. We shouldn’t judge others because we don’t want to do the dirty work.
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