The Collapse of the Victorian EraIn the early 1900s, America was gripped by a strict set of morals and values ​​that traced back to Queen Victoria. This code was called the Victorian Standard, and it was apparently followed and held in high esteem by most people. In fact, it was considered the American way. However, people in the 1920s will witness its demise. People started drinking more, women's dresses became shorter and their actions sometimes more dishonorable, jazz houses sprung up, and the list goes on. Fear of the collapse of the Victorian era has left many people wondering why. The most commonly accepted reasoning behind the new trends of amoral activity was the massive influx of immigrants. One group was held more accountable than the others. It was the minority that posed the greatest threat to the connection between “…Protestantism and Americanism” (Modern Temper Lynn Dumenil p. 227). This group was Irish Catholic immigrants. This article aims to answer the question of what role fear surrounding the fall of the Victorian era played on the treatment of Irish Catholic immigrants in the 1920s. “Catholicism was incompatible with democracy…The Catholic Church [ was] a secret, monolithic, and powerful institution [that] stood in the way of American progress and democracy” (p. 212). These underlying prejudices first became evident in the daily lives of Irish Catholics when they could not get good jobs with decent salaries. One woman in the 1920s noted in a collection of stories about Irish Catholic life that “Irish American women workers were overwhelmingly concentrated…in the lowest-paying jobs in the New England textile industry.” This was the trend throughout the paper......that will cloud our judgment, groups such as the KKK will continually surface. I also think that this data is important because of the very significant effect that the information about eugenics had. Although we learned that eugenics was unjust years later, the information provided by American scientists about eugenics helped Hitler decide what to do with the Jews during the Holocaust. I wonder who will find this information about eugenics in the future and what they will do with it? We must learn to be more responsible in our actions. Just because our hatred may end does not mean its effects do not persist. Duménil, Lynn. Modern character. Designed by Fritz Metsch, 1995.2. www.home.earthlik.com.3. www.libertystatepark.com/immigran.htm. Liberty State Park.4. www.unf.edu/dept/equalop/report.html. This Office of Equal Opportunity Programs.