Germans RACE AND ETHNICITY FINAL EXAM Unification in 1871 Myth of Pennsylvania Dutch German Unification Unification changes things an they would identify themselves as Germans Pennsylvania Dutch Brings stereotypes to WASPs First to come to America Problem Not all germans are pennsylvania Dutch Have a good perfect stereotype howeer we assume all German Immigrants will be just like them 1 White Believe they are white Superior race because they have Saxon ties 2 Protestant 3 Skilled Hard Works Not all Germans fit this 1 3 Germans are catholic 1 3 are Jewish Revolutions of 1848 Trying to find who would reign resulted in mini civil wars Conscription Laws When German states are drafting men against their will to fight Industrial Revolution Germany leads the world in this Make a lot of goods for cheap Problem Germans are highly skilled workers and now the machines have replaced them Potato Blight ruins farmers lives Gottfied Duden 1829 Propaganda piece to get germans to come to America Talks about how much land there is and how great it is However Duden is actually talking about land around the railroads Railroad companies give away the surrounding land for very cheap or even free German Triangle Cincinnati Milwaukee St Louis Lower East side NYC ethnic enclave for lower class where the boat drops them off Beer and pianos Two important things they bring over when migrating to America Start beer manufacturing and improve it Made and tuned pianos WASPs fell in love with the beer light beer Social clubs Lower class drink a way they keep culture avoid assimilation Has a gulse that doesn t look like a pub Parochial schools teach german language history etc don t want their kids to assimilate German newspapers sections dedicated to German news way social clubs get their news out to other germans WASP fear loss of power b c they can t read it so they fear a German take over WASP realize germans don t want to assimilate Model immigrants WASPs call Germans model immigrants Shows what they want all the immigrants to be like just like the Germans Because the Germans have money and skill World War I US stays out of war b c we believe it s not our business They need US to end stalemate World War II Hitler Nazi Germany US stays out of war German Americans want to know what s going on in Germany They want to join war effort Begin spying Propaganda Yellow Journalism skewed information England start sending over this propaganda to get America to join Says how horrible Germany is Have images with gorillas on it To show we don t want to associate w them b c blackness gorillas germans depicted as gorillas Pumped Up Patriotism shows patriotism by hating germans example of xenophobia love america hate everyone else Hyper assimilation Germans assimilate to American culture VERY fast Publicly you change everything you can change names switch religions anything to show they ve chosen America and not Germany Works and America accepts them back in Even lets them register to join our Army The Alien Registration Act of 1940 Enemies of United States must register so we can see what they re doing 300 000 germans some are deported accused of treason but not German American Internment 11 000 germans government imprisons individuals during the duration of the war that commit crimes against the state have no trails Jewish Americans Jerusalem Israel establish homeland in the land of the chosen Jewish Dispora 70 AD Movement of people out of one place Forced migration out of their homeland Romans expelling Jews out of Jerusalem Jews forced to spread throughout the whole world why we have Jews from all over the world Anti Semitism Means anti Jew xenophobia believed God sent black plague b c they allowed Jews to live Hated by Christians Killers of Christ Smite fear god will send down the wrath of God if they allowJews to go unpun ished Black plague among them Jews did not die during plague b c they had to bathe and were clean Chris tians did not bathe Great Depression bring Great Depression Misconceive death and disease from bad hygiene sanitation as smite Gospels it blames Jews for killing Christ believed that letting Jews live in America caused God to Torah Word of God Talmud How the readings are put into practice Torah history and Word of God Talmud guide line of practicing faith how to follow God Rule book Kosher meat must be killed cut in a certain way must live near Kosher deli o What they can cannot eat o Only eat certain animals and certain parts of animals o Separate certain food cannot eat cheese dairy and meat together Synagogue different from churches o does not have Jesus so it sticks out o no cross stain glass windows statues of Mary o segregated men and woman cannot sit together o depends on how traditional some women have to stand behind wall Sabbath Day o can not work in anyway 6 day work week means they can not work o Begins on sundown on Friday and goes until Saturday in any job in America Usury Defined as making interest off a loan to them without interest o Christian church against bankers if someone needs money you give it Became policy in church that a banker was a sinner Taking over the world o Says Jews are taking over the world without Christians noticing German Jews First Wave Like other Germans o Same reasons to immigrate and leave o Middle class because of their religion they can t own land since they o Have to live in Jewish ghettos are not related to royalty Bankers Settled in cities because their jobs have to be in a city of finance not because they don t have money Peddlers traveling salesmen o Travels to towns where he is from o Give them a good deal on these goods o Eventually settle down in a particular town and open a general store o Levi Strauss jeans Sears Roebuck mail catalogue Macy s and from there more stores or a large apartment store They are not Orthodox Jews Reform Judaism Don t follow Talmud precisely World changes so they need to conform Began in Germany in early 1800s Modernization and Assimilation into dominant culture They were too separate need to fit in Ashkenazic Jews From Southern and Eastern European Russian Jews Ashkenazic Same Jewish stereotypes o ex killer of christ economic stereotypes etc o We think of jews as one type of people Primarily Orthodox not reformed Follow Torah and Talmen to the tee Very traditional Orthodox Judaism Not reformed Russification Russify guage culture and religion they will practice o Russification annihilate places they take over and tell
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