After the Great War, the United States in the 1920ś went through a period where it attempted to return to normalcy. America went through political, social, cultural, and economic phases to make certain positive changes and to return to this normalcy America tried to isolate itself, became fearful towards immigrants, face changes in transportation and make poor economic choices. Americans became disconcerted with the world due to the issues surrounding the war and thus developed a policy of isolationism that greatly and negatively impacted immigration to America and immigrants currently living in America. The uncertainty generated over national security during the World War made …show more content…
This state of panic in the United states in the 1920 derived from fear. Fear is powerful as it manifest and takes control and you get laws passed stopping immigrants from entering the United States. The 1917 act implemented a literacy test that required immigrants over the age of 16 to take a reading comprehension test in any language, and also increased taxes to new immigrants (history.state). They stated to make people to take a test that was harsh so that they couldn't come in the United States.
The long road for Americans equal rights starting a positive example for later civil rights leaders such as W.E.B Dubois and Booker T. Washington for African Americans to have the same amount of rights as whites do. W.E.B. Dubois is widely recognized as a significant figure for his pursuit of social justice, for his literary imagination, and for his pioneering scholarly research. He is read with profit today in the academic fields of sociology, literature, and history, and in the trans-disciplinary realms of urban studies and gender studies. Nevertheless, Du Bois was, and remains still, a contentious figure. W.E.B. DuBois challenged the