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To what extent was America a land of widespread intolerance beneath the veneer of the roaring twenties?
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... To what extent was America a land of widespread intolerance beneath the veneer of the roaring twenties? The 1920's was a time of prosperity, as a result of this the feeling in America was one of joy and as a result of which the 1920's was nicknamed the 'roaring twenties'. America was a land of intolerance and racism. Immigrants were targeted by Americans for abuse. From 1901 to 1910, there were over eight and half million immigrants in America. These were mainly Jews from Eastern Europe and Russians escaping prosecution. There were also Italians and Irish fleeing poverty. With the immigrants came competition for jobs and housing. Hostilities between different immigrants began to appear in America. The red scare (Communism) was a sourse of hostility towards Russian immigrants. Americans feared that Russian immigrants would bring communism to America, the very thing they had fled from. In 1917 immigrants went on strike
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