EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE Excuse the dates they are from when I took the class 8 29 intro KEY TERMS Race the assumption of differences based on real or imagined physical characteristics Racism take assumptions find them inferior superior to you Ethnicity Ethnic Groups a community of people who have things in common NOT where you re from Nativism racism is to race as nativism is to ethnicity 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 dif ferent when you say different you are separating yourself from them Racial Ethnic Hierarchies the people on top people with power White Anglo Saxon Men 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 The History of Immigration Three Movements waves of Immigration Formative Wave 1607 1830 forms what america is primarily english not all don t consider themselves immigrants First Wave 1830 1880 primarily Irish Chinese Germans first time we considered having immigrants Second Wave 1880 1920 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 Why Do Immigrants Leave Their Country EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE most immigrants do not WANT to leave they HAVE to 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 How Do Immigrants Fit In Assimilation giving up your former culture completely to accept the American culture speak english get rid of their accent wear our clothes switch to american religion change EVERYTHING to our style Acculturation when you do enough to fit in to the new culture speak english keep culture speak native at home keep religion keep the way you eat dress public life vs home life How Do Immigrants Fit In cont The process how quickly or slowly what can make the difference 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 Un Assimilate able could do EVERYTHING to fit in but color will not let you com pletely assimilate What does the US want from Immigrants First 1609 1960 Anglo conformity 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 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE actually ACT on fear 9 3 Today cultural pluralism we are happy to accept native differences We LIKE having new cul tures 1980 s to present Formative Wave Migration Anglo saxon protestants or English The English their ancestors become White Anglo Saxon Protestants WASP first to arrive in America everyone after this has to assimilate to THIS culture Voluntary Immigrants not a homogenous group Anglos saxons gaelic tribes celts Picts Britons Normans Romans Vikings Became the Whites didn t have people other than white don t need white until you see red Association with White purity clean jesus god saints good Immigration of the English England in 1600 Queen Elizabeth didn t want to colonize America English Colonization vs other european colonization waited for other countries to mess up didn t have the money the people finance their own voyage therefore their discoveries are theirs Why did the English colonize America problems in England if your born lower class you die lower class only upper class can own land related to royalty even really rich can t own land EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE European class system lower class is the largest class want new start upper class coming for land middle class coming for land Economics Primogeniture the oldest son gets everything house land money etc second third sons have connections educations Come voluntarily they come because they WANT to TWO MAIN GROUPS First colony Jamestown 1607 second third sons failed realized they needed workers they were all white glove wearing gentlemen didn t work w hands indentured servants rich people pay for the poor to come over in return for work 5 7 years 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 Colony New England 1620 successful what we ve heard about 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 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 Influence Major Areas 1 Language English Language Only Laws states try to pass this all the time 2 Religion Protestant EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE Separation of Church and State 3 Education Public School best assimilation tool bringing in an immigrant turns into american 4 Political and Legal Institutions English Common Law Constitution we essentially stole their entire system of laws 5 Economic Institutions Fortune 500 WASPs make up less than 1 of pop still control about 98 of America 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 Dutch German Huguenot French Protestant Scandinavians Scottish Swiss Scots Irish and Welsh Protestants Eventually Irish Italian Greek Russian Now even white hispanic How do they maintain control and separation Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 Naturalization Act typical amount of time for citizenship 5 years US 14 years deterrent for immigration maintain voting majority Alien Enemies and Friends Acts List of countries either friends or enemies enemies are not allowed to immigrate Land of their Ancestors West Africa and their Societies First Africans in America 1619 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE 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 first to interact with Europeans West African Urban Areas Cities Cosmopolitan Modern as sophisticated as London Paris Rome etc Most like
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