AMH2097 Exam 2 Four Factors of Success What makes an immigrant group successful in the eyes of the WASPs a Money more money more likely to be treated well b Numbers the fewer the more likely to be accepted by the WASPs c Location can cancel out large numbers if a large group spreads out this lessens dislike d Stereotypes could help or harm move to the country side Money is tied to location if an immigrant group was wealthy they could Germans Arrive during formative wave 1820 1880 Each province before 1870s in Germany was its own kingdom Those who arrived in America didn t refer to themselves as Germans they referred to themselves as whatever kingdom they came from Pennsylvania Dutch Amish Origin of Dutch a Pronounced Deutsch German for German wrong b Any blond hair blue eyed considered a Dutchman c Left through Dutch ports Why Did They Come Anytime countries had a war battles were held in Germany Armies lived off German soil took food from farmers which led to a lot of starvation in Germany Religious wars if you lived in a Catholic region and an Episcopal war broke out there you would be killed 30 Years War 1619 1649 35 population of Germany died Protestants fled to England and Holland A main push factor a Also religious persecution b Cold soil for months c Wars Pull Factors Pennsylvania can grow enough crops to feed families and also hold onto a surplus for the winter William Penn offered religious freedom a Germans majority were Quakers Weren t told of the Native Americans Voluntary immigration Typical Penn Dutch Family Large families Settled in east Pennsylvania Sturdy barns houses Settle in own communities away from WASPs Hardworking and neat Only speak German don t need to learn English Made WASPs believe all Germans were like this Benjamin Franklin Afraid Germans were going to turn America German How We View Germans Largest immigrant group to ever come to America 1859 Annheiser Busch brewery born a First to bottle beer 58 Million Americans claim German ethnicity 17 19 th Century Germans First wave 1840s immigration 6 Million Most Germans have money a Not many lower class Germans b Irish arriving are poor c Poor Germans that came stayed in citied and worked in factories d Factory owners thought Irish were too dumb so most jobs were given to Germans Middle and upper class Controlled by three countries a Independent provinces b Austria and Hungary c Russians 1848 revolutions a Failed to make itself independent had to flee for their lives b Included middle and upper class c 48 ers Upper class well educated democratic revolutionaries a Only 10 000 came but were still politically active b Fought for slave abolition Chain migration when an immigrant came to the United States alone and worked to save money for family which was then sent back in order to pay for other family members travel to the U S a Used to immigrate to the U S b Bringing spouses children etc c First group Anchor Immigrants Location Primarily settled in Mid West a Milwaukee b Cincinnati c St Louis d These formed the German Triangle Settled in places based on religion Ethnic enclaves areas within cities where ethnic groups lived Only spoke English to communicate with merchants 19 th Century German American Culture Kirchendeutschen German grade school Parochial schools Catholic schools Vereinsdeutschen societies that help promote German values German newspapers Eventually become German Americans Germans tried to keep from assimilating and never assimilate fully 19 th Century Germans Model Immigrants Set the bar in every category for all other races Race White Money wealthy Numbers only negative but spread out and have money Didn t assimilate but wasn t an issue because all stereotypes were good Location spread out Stereotyped industrious a WASPs appreciated that WWI July 1914 November 1918 All countries in Europe have large armies 1900 German Americans equaled total of American population Alliances caused problems too Jealousy between countries a Heir to throne of Austria 1914 killed by a Serbian b Declared war on Serbia c Serbia protected by Russia Russia declared war on Austria Germany Austro Hungary and Ottoman Turkey Empire vs Britain France Russia and eventually America Germans invade Belgium on the way to France and rob homes taking food etc a Germans start to look bad to Americans WWI Public Opinion Divided into two groups Woodrow Wilson The hyphenates Unrestricted submarine warfare a Shooting torpedoes at ships without thinking about it b Germans do this until 1915 Lusitania sank because Germans fired thinking it was a battleship a 1 000 people die b Was breaking point for Americans 1917 almost 2 years later Germans decide to go back to unrestricted warfare Zimmerman telegraph a Asked Mexico to enter war against America b Americans intercept this and declare war on Germany April 1917 Anti Germany Hysteria APL American Protective League Germans Huns portrayed as monsters APL started by a federal agency with Woodrow Wilson s approval a Private citizens who lived next to Germans would spy on them and take notes b 200 000 participants 6 000 German citizens encamped deemed as a threat to U S in Georgia 26 states forbid speaking German in public a Some even forbid German privately too b In L A could be in jail 90 days and 100 fine German language books in libraries were burned a Anything related to Germany banned Ethnic slurs and harrassments a Hun Skunk b Tar and feathering person dipped in a vat of hot tar and then covered in feathers and paraded around town c Skull and crossbones on German businesses Lynching Robert Prager a Accused to be unpatriotic b Hung on the street after taking him out of jail 19th amendment prohibition passes against German breweries WWII September 1939 12 000 Germans interned a Based on nationality or political affiliation German Americans not seen as enemies a Seen as Americans b Don t agree with Hitler c Newspapers politically inactive Some German Jews came to America to escape Dwight D Eisenhower German American president Irish Origins Large scale non protestant migration First wave migration 1840s and 1850s Forced to live in the city due to lack of money a Paid the least b Given worst jobs Given a bad reputation a Compete with African Americans for work b Seen as racist Push Factors Overpopulation 8 Million lived in Ireland Politics seen as a lesser people throughout history a English subjugation Inhabit Ireland first before U S Kill Catholics Established factories crops farms
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