Exam #2 Flashcards
(49 cards)
What were some characteristics of Native American tribes?
Not homogenous, very diverse, spiritual people, had a minimal impact on the environment, had family and village systems
What is three sister farming?
Three different crops (corn, beans, squash) were grown together to create surplus amounts of food.
Who were members of the “Five Tribes”?
Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek (Muscogee), Chickasaw, Seminole
What was significant about the “Five Tribes”?
Adopted many colonist customs and were seen as the most civilized
Why did the horse create intertribal conflict?
Because the horse is a commodity of prestige and utility.
What are wikiups?
Housing for nomadic Native Americans, consists of a frame covered with matting and brush
What were the impacts of European colonization on Native Americans?
Europeans introduced deadly diseases, had slow settlement expansion but were able to survive because of Native Americans and lastly they relocated Native Americans.
Where were Native Americans contained? Why?
Reservations or Reserves because they wanted the Natives to assimilate and wanted control over them. Cultural hospice.
What is the Native population in the US?
Less than 1%
What are the Native’s poverty level statistics?
US about 30% below poverty level
On reservations: about 33%-63% are below poverty level
What were the reasons for colonization?
Religious and political reasons; to meet political and economic desire of feudal leaders for power and financial stability
What is the Columbian exchange?
The process of transferring plants, animals, microbes, and people across the Atlantic in both directions. (Europe, Americas, and Africa)
What led to the height of the Atlantic Slave Trade?
There was a large demand for labor in the Americas in plantations.
What are land lots>
Strips of land in french colonies used for farming and distinguishing land property
What are entrepots?
Places where goods are shipped and distributed to other places
What were two ideas the British brought with them and the Native Americans opposed?
Private property (Natives did not believe in ownership of land) and agricultural areas (Natives moved around and didn’t stay)
What is a cultural hearth?
Nuclear area where a distinctive set of cultural traits develop/form and then is diffused.
What were the three anglo cultural hearths?
Chesapeake Bay, New England, and Middle Colonies
What were the characteristics of the first wave of immigration?
The Naturalization Act of 1795, Mostly White, Anglo-saxon Protestants (British, German, Dutch, French, Spanish), push factors were political unrest and crop failure
What did the Naturalization Act of 1795 say?
No restrictions for naturalization except residency requirement, notice, oath of allegiance, proof of character and behavior, and it was only available to “free white persons”
What were the characteristics of the second wave of migration?
Begins during American Civil War, land, employment, and wages pulled immigrants, chain migration introduced
What were the characteristics of the third wave of immigration?
Known as the Great Deluge, push factors were industrialization and the persecution of the Jews
Pull factors were the demand for unskilled or semi-skilled labor. People were from South and Eastern Europe, Austria and Hungary
What were the impacts of The Great Deluge?
Slowing of assimilation process, formation of ghettos, and restrictive immigration policies
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Suspended Chinese immigrants for ten years and declared them ineligible for naturalization
