ABSTRACT
Between the Canadians to the north and the Latin Americans to the south, the most striking case of racial exclusion in immigration policy occurred in the United States. Those same writers who preached about the importance of struggle among the races also raised their voices on the danger of the rising tide of color on the unprotected shores. The racial attitudes that had created this problem and the power that had momentarily resolved it would each grow rather than diminish, for the rising tide of color evident in immigration also would be seen in resistance to imperialism. The chapter discusses democracy and racial emancipation during the war thus raised both fears and hopes around the world. Its coming on the crest of a rising tide of color, of racial consciousness, of immigration quotas, and of imperial conflicts with non-white victories between 1890 and World War I made its impact even greater.
