ids/terms

Question 1

ethnicity vs. race

Answer 1

ethnicity- culture of people in geographic region( language, religion, customs)
Race- based on physical charecteristics

Question 2

uprooted vs transplanted

Answer 2

transplanted- not passive recipients of change, but activoy participated in economic opertunities shaping their enviornment
uprooted- refers to passive participation- hard to adapting to new culture

Question 3

Assimilation vs accultration

Answer 3

assimilation- adopting economic, social, cultural norms ( seen during migration when immigrants would take less foriegn names)
accultration- not only do changes occur in the immigrants cultural identity but the reciveving culture as is influenced

Question 4

chain migration and ethnic clustering

Answer 4

chain migration- often times men would establish themselfs in a new country then sponsor faimily coming over
- chain migration inpart led to ethinc clustering
- ethnic clustering served as a center for cultural preservation

Question 5

Family economy and Child labor

Answer 5

19th- 20th centries
- children were a part of teh family economy and woudl work along side praents in factories
- daughters would have to hand over pay checks to father

Question 6

manifest destiny

Answer 6

• beliefe americans were destined by god to expand across continental us
• lead to conflicts with the natives, chinese
• conflict with mexican americans whcih eventualy lead to treaty of guadalupe

Question 7

treaty of guadalupe

Answer 7

1848
- annexation of northern mexico
- option for mexicans to choose citizen ship status
- respected property from prior to treaty
- shaped demographic landscape and legal status of mexican residents

Question 8

Know nothing party

Answer 8

• in reaction to the irish (potato famine)
• started in secret hence the name
• imigrants out of mainstream/ not wanted

Question 9

Nativism

Answer 9

• favors interests of established inhabitants over immigrants
• present on suspicions of catholics/ global church hirearchies/ pope
• influenced chinese exclusion act and anti- catholic sentiment

Question 10

Reconstruction amendments (13.14.15)

Answer 10

-1865,68,70 (post civil war)
- 13th abolished slavery and indentured servitude
- 14th citizen ship to people born or naturalized in US
- 15th prohibits denial of right to voting based on race, color, or previous servitude

Question 11

Ku Klux Klan

Answer 11

• 1st itteration after math of civil war
• trys to prevent african americans from gaining citizenship benifits
• also included immigrants, Catholics, Jews

Question 12

Birhtright citizenship

Answer 12

• estabished in the 14th amendment
• embodies ideal of inclusiveness
• shapes conversations around discusion of immigration

Question 13

naturalization

Answer 13

• process in which immigrants become citizens
• initaily only white male property owners were eligiable
• asians and other inigrants had limited rights for property ownership, representation in courts, public employment and voting

Question 14

chinese exclusion act

Answer 14

1882
- restricting volentary migration to us ( set tone for a centry of asian exclusion)
- preveneted more chinese from migrating and denied access to citizen ship
- embolded discrimination in the work place as well

Question 15

return migration

Answer 15

• refers to individuals moving back to homeland
• influenced by possible economic opportunites or kinship ties
• 20th century impact on southern reshaping as jim crow era faded for ecomomic opertunities

Question 16

race suicide

Answer 16

• not reproducing at a fast enough rate ( used a lot in 19th and 20th centries)
• have to have babies forced birth rates
• Native or of older immigrant stock brith rates declining compared to newer immigration pops

Question 17

scientific racism

Answer 17

• based in pseudoscience
• 17th -20th
• used to justify discriminatory practices

Question 18

madison grant and the passing of the great race

Answer 18

-1914 during time of scientific racism
- classify groups of white people in hirarchical manner
- 3 groups (nordic, southern and eastern european inferior)
- influenced the immigration act of 1924

Question 19

eugenics

Answer 19

-pseudoscience related to scientific racism and social darwinism
- 19th 20th century
- belief that through selective breading and setilization the genetic quality of a human could be improved
- shaped immigration act of 1924

Question 20

100% americanism

Answer 20

• singular american identity no hyphenated nationalities/ pushed for assimilation
• emerged arounmd wwI
• belife that having different identies would lead to division

Question 21

national origins act

Answer 21

aka- immigration act 1924
- established quotas for immigration from specific countries
- reduced overall imigration and favored northern and western europeans
- rooted in nativist and anti-imigrant sentiments

Question 22

first wave migration

Answer 22

1820-1850
- irish and german
- know nothing party formed in response
- fear of catholic church

Question 23

second wave migration

Answer 23

19th century
- southern/ eastern europe and asia
- anti chinese
- certain groups wanted literacy tests to limit immigration