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Making America: The Synthesis of Nationalism and Anti-immigration in the Creation of American Identity, 1914-1919

Funston, Emily
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The United States of America underwent a series of political and social changes as aresult of the First World War. This thesis seeks to examine the relationship betweennationalism and anti-immigration sentiment as a result of wartime exacerbations on thesemovements and ideologies. The acceptance of immigrants and immigrant culture is directlycorrelated to the prevalence and intention of nationalism. As the United States attempted toformulate a cohesive and united identity within the early twentieth century, immigrants,particularly immigrants from enemy nations, were increasingly excluded from Americanidentification. As a result, immigrants underwent a series of Americanization efforts inaddition to increasing legal and social pressure to conform and confirm their allegiance totheir new country. Anti-immigration attitudes and nationalism worked together to reimagineboth American society and America’s role in global affairs.
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Thesis (B.A. in History, Minor in International Affairs)--John Cabot University, Spring 2018.
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2018
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Emigration and immigration, Government policy
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Funston, Emily. "Making America: The Synthesis of Nationalism and Anti-immigration in the Creation of American Identity, 1914-1919". BA Thesis, John Cabot University, Rome, Italy. 2018.
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