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This essay is going to talk about whether or not America became less tolerant in the 1920s.
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This essay is going to talk about whether or not America became less tolerant in the 1920s. It will include: * The immigration change * The KKK, * The 'Red Scare' * Palmer Raids and * The Sacco and Vanzetti trial * Christian revivalism and * The 'Monkey Trial'. America had had an 'open door' policy towards immigration, but from 1917 onwards the door began to close. In 1917 an immigration law introduced a literacy test. This test discriminated against people from poorer countries such as Europe and Asia as they would not be able o afford to learn English in their own country. But after a while this test began to fail as immigrates relatives that had already got in to America who had taken the literacy test told them what the test said in their language so they could then learn it in English. So in 1921 the immigration quota act was...
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