Key Terms 1 Inferior Race Mongrel Race one of the stereotypes of the southern Italians mutt race that is made up of several different groups darker in skin color 2 Honor southern Italians were expected to keep the honor of their family different for males and females a Vendetta way for males to keep the honor of their family when two families are mad at each for something e g Romeo and Juliet b Virginity way for women to keep the honor of their family women are ambassadors to the new family they are being married into woman must be a virgin if she is not a virgin a vendetta will start martial sheets with the blood stain are hung in the village to prove the virginity girls who know they aren t virgins will become nuns 3 Roman Catholic Church Non Institutional southern Italians practice this type of non institutional Catholicism don t trust the Pope have shrines in their homes are barely ever in the church spiritual but against organized religion 4 Virgin Mary Saints Rosary have this items in their homes and use them to practice religion at home instead of at the church 5 Magic non institutional Catholics sometimes believed in magic 6 Tithe religious taxes that were required in Italy since peasants were not 7 paid they could not afford these Industrial Revolution major reason Southern Italians came to the US occurred in 1880 and created 1 000s of low paying jobs 8 Return Migration type of immigration Southern Italians practiced would stay for five years before going back in 1880 70 go back 9 Sojourners Southern Italian immigrants would stay for five years and then 10 Chain Migration eventually switched to chain migration in 1920 10 go 11 Little Italy ethnic enclave formed by Southern Italians one in every major return to Italy back city 12 Padrone his job is to speak English and he helps people from the village get settled and get jobs asks for money in return factories give salary to padrone and he gives salary to immigrant 13 Sweat Shops a non organized place to work in the home a way for Southern Italians to keep their culture and stay in the home girls started working in sweat shops when they were 12 women and children started to assimilate because they wanted rights and education 14 Tenements meeting place for mutual aid societies 15 Mutual Aid Societies had them in Italy and brought them over when they immigrated formed by two families that don t hate each other and decide to help each other out meet in tenements continues after chain migration 16 Mafia started as mutual aid society between 3 families myth does not start as organized crime until prohibition southern Italians did NOT bring organized crime only 0002 are involved in organized crime southern Italians were also NOT the most violent crime 17 Mafia Myth myth that the mafia started as a mutual aid society between 3 families 18 Blue Collar Work skilled work but still not highly educated kids are taken out of school at 14 then learn a skill from the family like plumber electrician etc eventually become policemen firemen and waste management 19 Frank Sinatra sings love songs people think Italians are good in bed 20 Joe DiMaggio get into American sports people start thinking they can do 21 Rosie the Riveter based on a Southern Italian woman went to work in a more than crime factory 22 Nativism Xenophobia one of the major causes of immigration restrictions 23 Ellis Island 1892 1954 immigrant processing center for new immigrants class based steerage class outside first and second class inside go through medical exams and IQ tests tests are English so many don t pass 12 million go through from 1892 1954 24 The Quota Acts all about the origins of immigrants has two parts Immigration Act of 1921 and Immigration Act of 1924 for both acts we look for people who have skills exceptions for our neighbors which includes Canada Mexico Caribbean Central and South America still have to apply but automatically get in want them to fill the poor paying jobs a b Immigration Act of 1921 limits immigration to 357 000 a year cuts immigration by a third first come first serve certain percentage from certain countries can come in most immigrants at this time were whities still way too many people Immigration Act of 1924 aka Johnson Reed or National Origins Act limits immigration to 164 000 a year lasts until 1965 still prefer certain groups 25 Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 created by Lyndon Baines Johnson put all immigrants on equal footing family reunification is key policy 290 000 a year no more than 20 000 per country still first come first serve included neighbors this policy starts illegal immigration LBJ didn t think this act would affect the US very much 26 Definition of Hispanic consists of several components which are all flawed region mexico central America south America and the Caribbean Spanish influence must be from a country that has some sort of Spanish influence mixture of three cultures Spanish indigenous and African religion roman catholic and language Spanish 27 Spanish colonization vs English colonization spanish come over and marry into the upper class of the native population this allows them to gain power and link together they then create a brand new culture when they have children English come and conquer don t marry the natives 28 Ethnic Hierarchy White Spanish Mestizo Mulatto Mexicans natives and Africans 29 Mestizo half Spanish half native people born to the upper class Spanish fathers are 100 white Spanish mothers are upper class Spanish they are never going to be at the top of the hierarchy so they usually leave 30 Mulatto half Spanish half african 31 Borderlands TX AZ NM CA Mestizos move here to put themselves at the top of the hierarchy eventually becomes American land they push Mestizos out and take their land even though they made them American citizens 32 The Mission way of making them think that they are in powe Catholic church wants to Christianize the natives Mestizos start building and bring Spanish culture 33 Mexican American War 1845 1848 was originally just over Texas but then the US took all of it the war lasted three years ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848 US takes all of the borderlands 78 000 Mestizos still in the Borderland area US grants those 78 000 citizenship 34 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848 ended the Mexican American War 1845 1848 US takes all of the borderlands 78 000 Mestizos still in the Borderland area US grants those 78 000 citizenship 35 No cruzamos la linea
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