Key Terms these will help with the multiple choice but are not the only thing you should be studying Remember not just what it is but why this is important for the group it describes aka is this term a racial stereotype cultural stereotype push factor discrimination assimilation Taiping Rebellion 14 year Chinese civil war where 20 million people died Quin and han dynasty Tongs gang or Chinese mafia that began as a protective group against whites Six Companies 6 family business owners who came together to clean up corruption and end prostitution Ming Quong started a home to save young girls Yellow Peril stereotype of Chinese race Skin pigment short no facial hair slanted eyes queue long ponytail Queue long ponytail Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 Chinese can no longer come into the united states Paper Sons earthquake destroyed records Chinese claimed they were family of citizens 20TH Century Chinese Chinese exclusion act repealed in 1943 ww11 Chinese allowed to be citizens but only 105 per year First v Second Generation for Chinese 1st generation acculturation Strict Chinese culture obey ancestry take care of elders and marry Chinese 2nd generation assimilate Speak English go to college marry outside of race and move out of Chinatown Progressive Era Characteristics Italian Family mother protects son father protects daughter They are very close Mutual Aid Societies members made monthly payments to assist others in migration housing funerals etc Mafia Myth lawless thugs looking for a fight Urban culture of small scale crime Vendetta when an act of violence is taken personally by an entire family Long term grudge Continual violent acts of revenge Russification policy of alexander the 3rd attempts to make all of eastern Europe like Russia politically and culturally Pogroms organized attacks on Jewish communities Orthodox Judaism culture Recognizable by several cultural features food daily life activities etc Practice of Eastern European Jews coming because of Russification Very distinct Smite because Jews killed Christ Christians blame major disasters on Jews Killers of Christ created by Christians Roman were the ones who persecuted jesus Anti Semitism Stereotyping prejudice and or discrimination against Jewish people Hispanic roman name for Spain US Gov terms those of Spanish heritage Latino preferred name Mestizos those who have Spanish blood w African and or native blood History of Mexican Independence War treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Mexicans assured to their landholdings but whites took land sometimes illegally Porfirio Diaz president of Mexico Rurales Mexican army Economic Labor Pull factors Chinese were excluded so they used Mexicans to work Globalized capitalism US employees go beyond US labor pool for low wage workers Zig Zag Theory 1920 s Mexicans are wanted 1930 s border patrol of INS created and deportation of Mexicans start 1940 s Mexicans brought back in Bracero Program seasonal farm workers on contract to work in the US Mexican Migration Since 1965 official visa only 20k allowed per year Border Crossers short term work permits Brown Scare race stereotype Not white filthy greasy Cultural Inferiority lazy unintelligent crime oriented compadres the illegal Mexican Maquiladoras labor intensive manufacturing plants on Mexican border for hiring low wage workers Barrios segregated Mexican American neighborhoods in urban areas Chicano Political Movement 1960 s movement that fought giant political representation and less discrimination against Mexican Americans United Farm Workers UFW Cesar Chavez nonviolent protests and hunger strikes Immigration Act of 1924 known as the national origin quotas Used to determine how many from a particular country can come in Exemptions from 1924 1965 all were not allowed to come in except professors college students ministers wealthy business men and refugees Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965 Hart Cellar Act ended the 1924 national origin quota 2 of the country of origin is allowed per year Naturalization Process the process of becoming a citizen Spanish American War Cubans wanted independence from Spain US said they would help Spain left US took over all Cuban diplomacy US took over military finance and politics Cuban Revolution led by Fidel Castro Economic and political reforms to help Cuban natives 4 Waves of Cuban Migration 1 Golden exiles wealthy light skinned Cubans coming on planes 2 Middle class LARGEST GROUP Light skinned Teachers and small business owners 3 Mariel Cubans lived in camps Cuban Haitian entent 4 Balseros boat people Cuban Haitian Entent camps that Mariel Cubans lived in Fractured Identity 1st generation Cuban born older still feel like refugees Double Identity 2nd generation come as babies or born in the US Embrace both Cuban and US culture Annexation of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico wanted independence from Spain so in 1899 during the Spanish American war the US won Puerto Rico in piece treaty Jones Act of 1917 ALL PUERTO RICANS GRANTED US CITIZENSHIP Operation Bootstrap US industries move into Puerto Rico and are tax exempt Machismo when a male becomes of age he marry a senorita Senorita when a female gets her period Double Identity Puerto Ricans feel like citizens and foreigners population divided weather to remain a territory or become a state Other Latinos Dominican Guatemalan Salvadorian Colombian New African Migration Since 1965 since 1965 migrants from Africa come to the US because 1 economic growth 2 higher education 3 refugee Downward Assimilation assimilate toward negative aspects of the African American communities Segmented Assimilation assimilate toward positive aspects of the African American community
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