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CIV US : FOUNDING MYTHS AND LAND OF IMMIGRANTS Flashcards

1
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Date of Declaration of Independence

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1776

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popular expression use in 19th-century by Horatio Alger in his novels ? (link to the american dream )

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“from rags to riches”

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What are the lines of poet Emma Lazarus engraved on the statue’s pedestal ( StOfLib)

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“Give me your tired , your poor , your huddled masses yearning to breathe free “

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4
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What are the name of theory about diversity in USA ?

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The “ Melting Pot “ Theory

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5
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Percent of Americans belong to a volunteer organization

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60%

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6
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What is social Darwinism ?

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Adaptation of Charles Darwin’s theories on the evolution of the species to the economic principles of laissez faire

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By who the social Darwinism theory was popularized in Great Britain ?

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The philosopher Herbert Spencer

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By who the social Darwinism theory was popularized in Usa ?

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Yale professor William Graham Sumner

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9
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Percents of Americans who move each years ?

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10%

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10
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What the frontier days/period ?

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The settlement of West in 18/19 th Cty

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lower middle class incomes ranging ?

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From 35000$ to 75000$ dollar a year

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upper middle class income ?

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100000$ and more

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Percent of pop who are in the upper middle class ?

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15%

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14
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Before the covid percent of pop live below the poverty lines ?

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10.5 %

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Poverty line for a family of four in 2020

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26200$ a year

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16
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What years Louisiana was bought to Napoleon ?

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1803

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17
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In what year was taken by gunpoint Ohio and from who ?

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1817 Indians

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18
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In what year was taken by gunpoint Florida and from who ?

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1819 Spain

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In what years was taken by gunpoint Texas and California and from who ?

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Mexico between 1845 and 1848

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20
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What’s mean the expression “manifest destiny” ?

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This huge continent had been alloted by Providence to the American people for the purpose of fulfilling their mission

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Famous worlds of John Winthrop gov of Massachussets in 17th Cty on America destiny

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” We are a city upon a hill , the eyes of all people are upon us “

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Crevecoeur French farmer of the 18th Cty about being an American

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” Here , individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of man “

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23
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What is the English Puritans ?

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a group of Protestants

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Why English Puritans make a settlement in East Cost of USA ?

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Because they took issue with the Church of England .

25
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Where Germans etablished permanent settlements ?

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Pennsylvania

26
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What is the first name of New York and why ?

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New Amsterdam Bc Dutch who settled first in NY.

27
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How much immigrants between 1840 and 1860 ?

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10 million

28
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From where was the immigrants Btw 1840/1860 ?

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British Isles , Netherlands and Scandinavian countries

29
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What is the concept for this rather homogeneous pop at the begining ?

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WASP concept ( White Anglo-Saxon Protestant )

30
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How much immigants during the second great wave ? (1870/1920)

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20 million

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How much Italians during the second great wave ? (1870/1920)

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4.5 million

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How much Austrian-Hungarians during the second great wave ? (1870/1920)

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4 million

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How much Russian and Poles during the second great wave ? (1870/1920)

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3.4 million

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Date of creation of a literacy test (immigration)

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1917

35
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What is the Quota Act ?

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piece of legislation for limiting immigration

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How work the Quota Act ?

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apportioned quotas according to the country of origin of immigrants and to the number of residents from each country already present in USA

37
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Number of rsdt from each country alreadypresent in USA (1921 and 1924 Quota Act )

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1921>1910
1924>1890

38
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Part of quota to immigrants from Great Britain .

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43%

39
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Idea behind Quota Act ?

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“preferential immigration”

40
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Instrumental in dramatich shift in the origin of immigrants since 1960’s ?

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The Family Reunification in 1965

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Percent of admission today made due to “ brothers and sisters act “ preference system ?

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80%

42
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Effect of Immigration Act of 1990

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increasing qualified workers
increasing total number (700k against 500k)

43
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How many illegal aliens are arrested each years ?

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Btw 750k and 1 million

44
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How many illegal aliens reside in US ?

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Btw 10 and 12 million

45
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When is the Muslim ban ?

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January 2017

46
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Donald Trump to suppress the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ( DACA /2012 ) BUT …

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the Supreme Court ruled to keep obama’s protection in place

47
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percents of Americans supporting these young “Dreamers” (DACA)

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90%

48
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How many immigrants are refugees between 1945 and 1990 ?

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3 million

49
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Where from refugies in 1960’s and why ?

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Cuba Bc Fidel Castro

50
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Where from the refugies in 1970’s and why?

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Vietnam + after Laos/Cambodia Bc communist

51
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refugies per year during the 1990’s VS 2019

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120k vs 30k

52
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% Immigrants in the US (2020)

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15 %

53
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Option for become American linked with family ?

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Having an American relative .

54
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Option for become American if you live in ?

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Resided in the US regularly for 5 years ( 3 if married with US )

55
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How justify you live in America since years ?

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Show the “green card”

56
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What is the green card ?

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Permanent immigrant visa that gives them the right to work in the US ?

57
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What is the last option and funny way for become American ?

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being born in the USA

58
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If you fulfilled prerequisites what’s test have you to do ?

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Show that you speak english / answer to question / testify you’re a good moral character

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