America army making the all volunteer force is beth bailey book from 2009. Her most recent an army of fire how the us army confronted its racial crisis in the vietnam era. We appreciate you spending a little time with us here on good morning, everyone. My name, happy saturday. Welcome. The immigration quota act. A century later, groups and long shadows. My name is magdalena marie nati and im a stay with Adolphus College in minnesota. Im currently the president of the Immigration History Society and i coedited with erika lee, a special issue of the journal of history on the origins and of 1924, from which this panel has drawn before. I introduce our presenters today i would like to briefly describe what the 1924 immigration act was. Those of you might not be familiar with it also being taped. So i think our audience will be really interested in that. The 1924 immigration act banned entry of most immigrants from because they were ineligible to naturalize it imposed. National origins quot
Good morning, everyone. My name, happy saturday. Welcome. The immigration quota act. A century later, groups and long shadows. My name is magdalena marie nati and im a stay with Adolphus College in minnesota. Im currently the president of the Immigration History Society and i coedited with erika lee, a special issue of the journal of history on the origins and of 1924, from which this panel has drawn before. I introduce our presenters today i would like to briefly describe what the 1924 immigration act was. Those of you might not be familiar with it also being taped. So i think our audience will be really interested in that. The 1924 immigration act banned entry of most immigrants from because they were ineligible to naturalize it imposed. National origins quotas on immigrants the eastern sphere to reduce immigration, eastern and Southern Europe and it several categories for exclusion and deportation. While policymakers under pressure from business interest in the southwest exempted im
Of terrorism in San Francisco history. His classes about 50 minutes. Professor johnson good morning and thanks for coming. I appreciate you all being here on a drizzly day at providence college. I wanted to share a moment of American History that, for me, is one of the most important moments of the late 20th century. It happens to be a subject of my new book and i have been living and breathing in this period and in this moment. I think it is very significant for 1916, and for the nation, as i will try to make clear. What i will do today is start by setting up the context of San Francisco in 1916. And then i will spend time in three parts, talking about why its significant, and why it is important to American History. Let me begin by framing the story about this 1916 moment. Many of you have probably seen this character before. Mark twain, a famous playwrights. He had many quips during his life and one of them was the coldest winter i had ever spent was a summer in San Francisco. This
Of terrorism in San Francisco history. His classes about 50 minutes. Professor johnson good morning and thanks for coming. I appreciate you all being here on a drizzly day at providence college. I wanted to share a moment of American History that, for me, is one of the most important moments of the late 20th century. It happens to be a subject of my new book and i have been living and breathing in this period and in this moment. I think it is very significant for 1916, and for the nation, as i will try to make clear. What i will do today is start by setting up the context of San Francisco in 1916. And then i will spend time in three parts, talking about why its significant, and why it is important to American History. Let me begin by framing the story about this 1916 moment. Many of you have probably seen this character before. Mark twain, a famous playwrights. He had many quips during his life and one of them was the coldest winter i had ever spent was a summer in San Francisco. This
Professor johnson good morning and thanks for coming. I appreciate you all being here on a drizzly day at providence college. Today i wanted to share a moment of American History that, for me, is one of the most important moments of the late 20th century. Early 20th century. It happens to be a subject of my new book and i have been living and breathing in this period and in this moment. I think it is very significant for 1916, and for the nation, as i will try to make clear. What i will do today is start by setting up the context of San Francisco in 1916. And then i will spend time in three parts, talking about why its significant, and why it is important to American History. Let me begin by framing the story about this 1916 moment. Many of you have probably seen this character before. Mark twain, a famous playwright. He had many quips during his life and one of them was the coldest winter i had ever spent was a summer in San Francisco. This was one of his jokes. If you had ever been t