This article focuses on immigrants and their reactions to national tragedy such as the assassination of President McKinley in 1901 and the rumored reaction of immigrants in New Jersey after the 9/11 attack. The point is that rumors can turn public opinion against specific groups of immigrants in the US.

Concepts

immigration

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Additional Tags

9/11 attack, immigration history blog, iehs online, immigration and ethnic historical society (iehs), jessica lee, "did immigrants cheer a national tragedy? how rumors become immigration policy"

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)