AMH FINAL Which treaty took more than half of Mexico s land o Hidalgo ceded southwest to the US o Divine providence god gave them the power to conquer inferiors Why did Americans occupy Mexican lands o Manifest destiny land labor resources more exports and less imports agriculture business trade frontier slavery What purchase expanded the border in NM and AZ o Gadsden Purchase 10 mil transit rights said Mexicans were allowed to cross the border whenever they want What tactics did Americans use to take Mexican lands o Violence War is the only recourse Stephen Austin 1st settler o The Alamo 630 d Mexico cedes Texas Sam Houston 1st president o Required illegitimate surveys and deeds debt In which war were Irish forced to fight in return for promised of citizenship o Mexican Where were Chinese immigrants often held when they arrived to CA o Angel Island some detained up to 3 years How did Chinatown transform from a crime area to a tourist area o Six companies helped clean up Chinatown o Tourists rehabilitated buildings festivals parades restaurants shops o Basically sold their culture commodification of culture Riots in LA erupted against young Hispanics wearing what o Zoot Suits o Japanese What ethnicity made up the Purple Heart Battalion For new Jewish immigrants to America what was so special about the peddler s pack o Taught them American ways and culture What was the double V campaign Explain how it was started o Encouraged support of war and expanded freedoms at home o Victory abroad and on the home front In what areas did the Bashalde Roma settle o Chicago Detroit Cleveland Pittsburgh Who occupied Old California o Mestizos early American Settlers What are Mestizos o Mixed race of Indian and Negro with a trace of Spanish Who moved to New California o Yankees wanting wealth and land foreign miners tax o Protestants disgusted with Mexicans o Americans acting like Mexicans What was the Chinese mutual aid society that helped clean up Chinatowns o Six Companies Who were the Tongs o Criminal organization that wanted to keep their culture and beliefs and not Americanize hatchet men opium dens gambling prostitution How were company towns exploitative o They hiked prices up and raised rent for minorities o During strikes strike everything was more money stores closed What is reconquista o America has been about half Mexican or Spanish o Surplus of Mexican people in the Southern US o Afraid if Mexicans become majority they ll re conquer land What is nativism o If you re not born here you don t belong here o Native people immigrants Why were Chinese immigrants a bachelor society o Patriarchal cultural values o Sojourning mentality o Hazardous American West o Anti Chinese sentiment and legislation What are the characteristics of Orientalism o Backwards primitive barbaric timelessness exotic Examples of the immigrant experience from American Tail o Castle Garden 1st immigration center Americanized names o Cats big business government oppression white majority o Warren T Rat child unfair labor mobs that controlled big business o Bridget Irish immigration organizing labor unions o Honest John Irish politician in NY knows every voter o Many died along the way help from other immigrants split up from families opportunities women sewed factory workers Two anti Mexican laws o Greaser act anti vagrancy law aimed at Mexicans o Miner s tax fees for Spanish speaking miners How did Mexicans lose individual land o Drought debt deeds unfair legal treatment Provide an examples of how companies shut down strikes Mexican stereotypes o Bandidos greasers o Latin lover ethnic type o Buffoon clown o Harlot spitfire o Machismo honor Chinese push factors o British imperialism o Opium wars o Taiping rebellion o Punti Hakka strife o Difficult economic conditions o Flood and famine Why was California an important territory for expansion o Outlet to Pacific raw materials What term refers to people who come from countries where Spanish or Portuguese is spoken o Latin What did the Page Act do targeted women o Barred lewd and immoral immigrants from any Oriental country Largest Roma group in the US o Vlax Romania former slaves tight culture What were the other groups o Romanichals English Roma light skin blonde hair blue eyes more assimilated but still worked in agriculture or as American slaves o Bashalde came from central Europe Chicago Detroit Cleveland Pittsburgh in 19th c worked in industry or entertainment for whites Why don t Roma assimilate o Tried to hard to mold to new societies so were viewed as fakes The Chinese criminal organization running illegal activities in Chinatowns o Tongs Disney s propaganda depicting Latin Americans in a positive light was in response to o Good Neighbor Policy Antiziganism What and why o A people without a homeland mistrusted unpatriotic o Physical appearance swarthy dirty promiscuous o Christ killers nails o Seen as thieves o Exclusionary customs o Way of life fortune telling and begging o Vagueness of ethnicity o Against the Roma Which Mexican stereotype depicts the virgin mother o Marianismo self sacrificing hunsband family first off limits to white men beautiful but pure What are the others o Bandidos greasers stupid simple dirty sombrero mustache o Latin Lover 1920 ethnic type hot accent suave sexy gets white girls o Buffoon clowns sidekick add humor at expense of stereotype o Harlot spitfire slut lusty uncontrollable hot tempered o The Domestic male and female working for wealthy whites can be combined with Harlot seduces husband wife o Machismo protective courageous honor violent sexist hyper masculine objectifies women Burlingame Treaty What and why o Pressured by railroad companies because they wanted cheap labor o Allowed Chinese immigration said they could come to US but still couldn t be citizens o Provided railroad workers The first Anti Chinese immigration act passed in 1870 o Naturalization act institutional racism Gave citizenship to what groups o Whites and Africans only excluded Asians Mexicans and American Indians 1882 which act banned laborers and denied citizenship o Chinese exclusion act 1st act to ban people by race o Unlawful for Chinese to enter US for the next 10 years What businesses did Chinese open o Chinese laundries low capital English not needed work whites did not want to do feminized Chinese men usually located in Chinatowns o Restaurants served fake Americanized Chinese food o Chinese grocers supplied Chinese immigrants only Benefits of mutual
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