The exam is Friday December 12th at 3 00pm Gangs of New York A Better Life Godfather I and II and Scarface Please remember Information and Key Terms from Film Introductions Questions to Consider are also included on this exam Treat the Film Introductions and the Films themselves as lectures for this class The exam will consist of 100 Multiple Choice Matching Questions 1 5 point each Key Terms Notes on studying Key Terms The following key terms from the Lectures will be used in Multiple Choice Short Answers and Listing Questions Short Answer questions will ONLY use key terms Remember these terms can be associated with many different lectures ethnic groups For full credit keep in mind all facetsof the terms Do NOT rely on JUST the key terms study all of the lecture material Lecture Immigration from Ireland o Chain Migration Chain entire village sells resources to send one person to the US That man is an anchor immigrant His job is to make money by working then sending the money back to Irish village Process continues Leads to overpopulation o Anchor Immigrant wake party o Trans Atlantic Crossing When anchor leaves they throw him a funeral because he is never coming back His job is to make money by working then sending the money back to Irish village o Coffin Ships Take about a month and a half Has no food would have to pay for food Usually didn t bring money for food Would go into debt to the ship captain to eat the food Has to re pay debt before selling money back Ship captain sells debt to a debt collector 15 25 Death Rate Never allowed to come upstairs Never been on a ship before Like slave ships middle passage Because they would spread disease Vomit almost the entire voyage because they are seasick o Steerage Class Ship Fever Tuberculosis Contagious Cough up blood before you die all ethnicity settles in one place o Ethnic Enclaves o Five Points o Southie o Ghettos New York ghetto mentioned in Gangs of New York Boston Don t assimilate because of ethnic groups Place that is outside the main city limits Cheap housing Where WASPs are not Low income housing trashy houses o Lien Toos o Tenements Temporary dwellings that are actually outside Lean metal plywood against building and live underneath it Outdoor living WASPs charge people for living next to a building 80 of Irish infants died Building First floor is a business shops run by WASPs Built in a dumbbell style Some don t have windows Live in the dark Live above the shops 10 20 live in each apartment Sleep in shifts Some work while others sleep No ventilation One hole for a toilet for all the people No running water Ceilings are black from wood smoke People died when using gas for heat Better life rate for lean toos than tenements Infants inhale the smoke o Nativist Movement Still exists today Means to not like immigrants and put strict force on them Gatekeepers of America Culture Know what American is and what to assimilate to Need to be protestant Most immigrants aren t protestant Wasps afraid of losing power Run political candidates of anti immigration 2 goals Stop immigration Assimilate the immigrants already here First group to say to limit immigration Most people haven t meet an immigrant No laws passed What is an American Immigrants live in the cities Protestant Must be light skinned Can t be un assimilate able Nativists hate immigrants o Temperance Movement Group of upper class women that want to end to sale of alcohol Same people of nativist movement Think immigrants can t handle their alcohol but whites can Immigrants never adopt temperance movement o Evangelicalism Movement of Protestantism that happens in the United States Second Great Awakening About preaching the faith of Jesus to everyone in America Very strong about changing people Same people who are in temperance movement and are in nativist movement Immigrants won t be accepted unless they assimilate Catholics believe that the wine and bread turn into the body and blood of Christ Irish claimed that they ate the flesh and drank the blood of Christ o Transubstantiation o Cannibals o Baby Killers o Blood Drinkers Stereotype of Irish Eating flesh of Jesus because of bread they ate at mass Irish stereotype Protestants said that Catholics sacrificed babies for mass Irish stereotype Irish drank the blood of Wasps during the night then used the blood for mass o Brainwashed by Papacy The Pope Lives in Rome not America Considered treason because a foreign leader o Black Irish o Bare Knuckle Boxing Americans believe that the pope sent the Irish over to invade America Irish called black men because black means dirty evil Irish are white but called black because they re uncivilized evil Compared to secret dogfighting No gloves rings or bells Gentleman don t use hands What Irish do when they get to America Do it for money Has needs taken care of by manager Boxer makes more than any other Job Food clothes home etc Can focus on family to send money back home o New York Draft Riots 1863 Conscription Laws Irish fight for right to vote and better wages living conditions Irish signed to fight in war because they were promised three square meals and pay Send money back home Conscription laws anyone who is 18 and a male is eligible to be drafted NY Draft Riot US decided to draft citizens in the war Mostly Irish and blacks were drafted Had nobody else to riot against National guard called and stopped riot Makes Irish seem unable to be citizens Loopholes can buy yourself out of the draft Take name out of draft completely and bribe an official Can buy a replacement if your name is called Pay an Irishman to go for an American Irish and blacks can t afford to do these options Irish riot in five points riot against African Americans Then Irish and African Americans hate each other Immigrant groups set against each other by WASPs Loot white people left city o Gangs of New York Dead Rabbits Fighting for turfs Gangs used to gain economic stronghold over a particular area Dead Rabbits was the gang mentioned in the movie o The Irish Mob Temperance movement Develops organized crime because whites buy alcohol for high prices Organized crime was a good thing for immigrants Sell it for high prices Starts Irish to get high paying jobs Lawyers accountants o Prohibition o Irish Pub Culture Time period when the US made alcohol illegal Beer was inexpensive in irish Irish would go into pub in the morning then go to work Person who can t make sense out of words tumble around Person who drinks enjoy