Study Guide for Final Exam AMH 2097 09 Robbins Basic Information The material covered for the exam will be all lectures through Thursday December 6th Laws since 1990 The groups ideas included for this exam are Chinese Northern Italians Southern Italians Mexicans and Cubans Pennsylvania Dutch 19th and 20th century Germans Also included are the Immigration Restrictions Laws and information on immigration today Films and Other Media The films you will be responsible for are Godfather I and II A Better Life and Scarface 1983 You will also be responsible for the film clips seen in class and also the clips and political cartoons posted on Blackboard for the Chinese and Mexicans Patriarchy Asocial system in which the male is the primary authority figure central to social organization and where fathers hold authority over women children and property The only similarity is taking the fathers last name Clans People who are either linked by blood or marriage America Has nuclear family mom dad kids Rest of World Extended family lives together in compounds own little gated community Eldest Male The leader of the clan grandfather not necessarily his son just the oldest person Eldest male will tell you who to marry what job you will do and if you will immigrate to America No one goes against the eldest males orders Cannot say no to him Surname The Chinese introduce themselves with their last name first then first name Hi I am Thompson Katie I am a representation of my family Individualism is wrong in china Always follow what the eldest man tells you Who you marry what your job is immigrate to US or not Can not say no to him Guadong or Canton Province people there were different from all other Chinese Chinese people only came from ONE province called Guadong and the The Guadong grow no food but import all of their food They have a trading economy are wealthy merchants and are very cosmopolitan The biggest crops that make money at this time are Rice Tea Opium Most immigrants came from just one city in that one province Toishan Taishan It was a boating shipping nation they were all import export merchant people They were also firework makers producers and sellers Most of the people came just from Toishan Why did the Chinese leave China 1 Government The emperor is fearful of loosing his power he is in the North while Canton is far away in south He decides he is going to reconquer is people The government is not getting as much money as it should because the eldest male are getting this money and running the show The emperor uses the army to reconquer all these people he has to raise taxes so that the army can become stronger so that the army can take their own families over from their contribution of money People refuse to pay taxes 2 Overpopulation The emperor saves the food for the army so places like Guadong who do not grow their own food starve After Gov messed up Canton there was a lack of jobs food etc 3 Imperialism When a bad guy comes into a country and takes it over European nations want to take over parts of china for OPIUM TEA AND SILK They don t want to pay the price the Chinese were selling it at Opium wars Happens most in Canton providence because they specialize in trade Imperialism takes over all for themselves and takes land and property When British and other euros came in not only with weapons but also with their culture Western Civilization Did better in US than in China Asking youth why they are giving all attention to elders Assimilation of the natives of the country Europeans told Chinese that if you left China to go to America and live in China in an Ethnic Enclave you would be more Chinese than the China you left 4 Weather 2 Tsunamis that both hit Guadong Also send series of droughts and floods in the areas of China where rice is grown Lost main source of staple food Guadong gets messed up because nobody will ship their extra rice that nobody has to Guadong 5 War and Rebellion Clan leaders vs Government Chinese goes to war twice against Russia Japan jobs People are scared their sons will get drafted The wars and rebellion that happened in this 19th century actually helped out with jobs war People do not want to come to America because we are not nice to people who are different saw this from political cartoons We don t like people who are different China is very far form America only two places to stop Hawaii and Guam it was a 5 month trip many would choice to come elsewhere Why did the Chinese come to the United States 1 Gold Gum Saan Called the US this meaning gold mountain The Guadong people hear about gold rush from traders that came in to trade with them They actually believed there were mountains of gold Wetold them there this and they believed it We wanted them to come over to work in the West 2 Work Coming to America Steamers Large expensive cargo ships and the Chinese sat in the steerage class Return Migration They planned on all of their people to come back work make money and bring it back to China make a comeback Clan saves money up to send over a young male they knew to send a young person because they knew America likes youth and they would fit in best to American culture Make money in America in order to go back to China and make a comeback Chinese are supposed to leave as single man work for 5 years and save up this money and is then supposed to bring back his own money and hand it to head of clan he then will receive a wife he didn t choose his goal now is to have as much sex as possible to have a child and then to go back to America You do this for 30 years The Chinese reason for this is to keep reminding him he is not an immigrant he is Chinese Also so they do not assimilate in America Sojourner People who are in constant motion who are never apart of one nation constantly going back and fourth from America to China with out really a nation Typical Chinese Immigrant Bachelor Society No family looks like a complete male immigration 98 male immigration Males are the best candidates for Chinese These men are not getting married here WASPS fear Chinese men will come after pretty white women Chinese continue Clan in Bachelors society by uniting under the Six Companies business Money They are not sick or poor looking they look descent but that is about it Better off than Irish and Africans still not much better off Chinatown San Francisco CA 4 main gates into China town Chinese architecture everything is in mandarin 30 000 doesn t look like a lot but they
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