EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE Excuse the dates they are from when I took the class Racism take assumptions nd them inferior superior to you 8 29 intro KEY TERMS Race the assumption of differences based on real or imagined physical characteristics Ethnicity Ethnic Groups a community of people who have things in common NOT where you re from Nationality Where you re from What does the US do with this info The Other anybody other than you and people that you feel comfortable with different when you say different you are separating yourself from them Racial Ethnic Hierarchies the people on top people with power White Anglo Saxon Men Nativism racism is to race as nativism is to ethnicity different from them lower on the hierarchy on the bottom most different from top closer to top more included who will i sleep with hierarchy Formative Wave 1607 1830 forms what america is First Wave 1830 1880 Second Wave 1880 1920 primarily english not all don t consider themselves immigrants primarily Irish Chinese Germans rst time we considered having immigrants Biggest Wave Eastern Southern Euro Japanese Jews Russians Germans Spanish 1921 Quota Act First Immigration Law correlation btwn this and GD knew we didn t want more people The History of Immigration Three Movements waves of Immigration Why Do Immigrants Leave Their Country most immigrants do not WANT to leave they HAVE to How Do Immigrants Fit In Assimilation giving up your former culture completely to accept the American culture Why do they LEAVE bad gov t famine war economy religious prosecution Why do they COME HERE opportunity education clean water democracy religious freedom we will let you come here might be only choice speak english get rid of their accent wear our clothes switch to american religion change EVERYTHING to our style EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE speak english keep culture speak native at home keep religion keep the way you eat dress public life vs home life Acculturation when you do enough to t in to the new culture How Do Immigrants Fit In cont The process how quickly or slowly what can make the difference Un Assimilate able could do EVERYTHING to t in but color will not let you completely assimilate What does the US want from Immigrants First 1609 1960 Anglo conformity age native land move to an area like you Little Italy you will assimilate slower the way you look how educated you are money married to American or not do you have a reason to assimilate anglo white basically complete assimilation leads to Nativism dislike people who are not from this country Xenophobia fear of The Other acting upon your fear ignorant fear you don t know why mostly emotional saying Africans are not human beings actually ACT on fear 9 3 Today cultural pluralism we are happy to accept native differences We LIKE having new cultures 1980 s to present Formative Wave Migration Anglo saxon protestants or English The English their ancestors become everyone after this has to assimilate to THIS culture Voluntary Immigrants not a homogenous group White Anglo Saxon Protestants WASP rst to arrive in America Anglos saxons gaelic tribes celts Picts Britons Normans Romans Vikings didn t have people other than white don t need white until you see red Became the Whites EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE even really rich can t own land purity clean jesus god saints good if your born lower class you die lower class only upper class can own land related to royalty lower class is the largest class want new start upper class coming for land middle class coming for land didn t want to colonize America waited for other countries to mess up didn t have the money the people nance their own voyage therefore their discoveries are theirs Queen Elizabeth English Colonization vs other european colonization problems in England European class system Economics Primogeniture the oldest son gets everything house land money etc Come voluntarily they come because they WANT to Association with White Immigration of the English England in 1600 Why did the English colonize America TWO MAIN GROUPS First colony Jamestown 1607 Second Colony New England 1620 successful what we ve heard about second third sons indentured servants rich people pay for the poor to come over in return for work 5 7 years Pilgrims weren t able to own land join parliament bc of their religion if we go to the new world we re in charge didn t like anyone different from them failed realized they needed workers they were all white glove wearing gentlemen didn t work w hands essentially a slave for that time worked VERY hard by owners usually didn t live past 5 7 years after service servants received money second third sons have connections educations EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE Salem Witch Trials controlled the 13 colonies and later the US Wrote the Blank Slate created laws didn t ask any opinions made their own laws Formative Migration WASP Dominance In uence Major Areas 1 Language 2 Religion Protestant 3 Education 4 Political and Legal Institutions 5 Economic Institutions English Language Only Laws states try to pass this all the time Separation of Church and State Public School best assimilation tool English Common Law Constitution Fortune 500 WASPs make up less than 1 of pop still control about 98 of America we essentially stole their entire system of laws bringing in an immigrant turns into american Dutch German Huguenot French Protestant Scandinavians Scottish Swiss Scots Irish and Welsh Protestants Eventually Irish Italian Greek Russian Now even white hispanic 9 5 How do WASPs keep their power The Invention of the White Race eventually no longer the numerical majority majority people in power minority least amount of power Who is white How do they maintain control and separation Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 typical amount of time for citizenship 5 years US 14 years List of countries either friends or enemies enemies are not allowed to immigrate Naturalization Act Alien Enemies and Friends Acts deterrent for immigration maintain voting majority Land of their Ancestors West Africa and their Societies EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE rst to interact with Europeans First Africans in America 1619 Kingdoms similar to European ones Main sources of info Archeology Oral History stories facts become exaggerated Books letters travel diaries by outsiders 3 main societies of rule Ghana 300 1240 Mali 1230 1600 Sanghai Songhay 1340 1591 West African Urban Areas Cities Cosmopolitan Modern Most like Europeans West African Agricultural Areas Farming Similar to European farming
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