Immigration Flashcards
(21 cards)
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Emigrate
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= to leave one’s place of residence or country to live elsewhere, emigrant
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Defect
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= to leave a country, political party, organization, etc., and go to a different one that is a competitor or an enemy, émigré
3
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Immigrate
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= to come into a country of which one is not a native for permanent residence, immigrant
4
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push and pull factors
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- push = why people want to leaver their country
- pull = why people want to go to a certain country
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America´s pull factors
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- Industrial developments meants jobs at wages significantly higher than those avaible in the immigrants´homelands
- Employers seeking cheap labor arrange affordable passage
- Immigrants and Labor Recruitors tell stories of the instant riches avaible in the US
- chain migration
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the American Melting Pot
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- John de Crèvecœur
- he immigrated to America in 1755 and became a farmer
- published Letter from An American Farmer
- “What then is American, this new man?”
- “Here individuals of all races are melted into a new race of man. whose labors and posterity will one day cause great changes in the world..”
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Early 19th Century, first wave
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- “old immigrants” - mostly from western and northern Europe
- terriotrial expansion
- rapid industrialization
- city slums
- nativism
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Thomas Nast
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- caricaturist and editorial cartoonist in the 19th centruy
- considered to be the father of American cartooning
- Santa Claus
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Late 19th Century, second wave
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- “new immigrants” - mostly from eastern and southern Europe
- closing of the frontier
- continued industrial growth
- labor unions
- Ellis Island
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Ellis Island
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- 1892 to 1924, Ellis Island was America’s largest and most active immigration station
- for majority it was “Island of Hope” and the first stop on their way to new life
- for the rest, it became “Island of Tears” where families were separated and individuals were denied entry
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Statue of Liberty
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- The French government commissioned the Statue as a gift to the people of the United States for the centennial celebration of the American Revolution in 1876.
- The purpose of the statue was to remember French support of the revolution and to honor the two countries shared commitment to liberty and democracy.
- fundraising campaign, Statue way erected 10 years later in 1886
- “The New Colossus” poem by Emma Lazarus
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Madison Grant: The Passing of the Great Race
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- extremely influencial book
- he argued that scientific discoveries all showed that the Nordic race possesed superior abilities
- those people eventual settled in northwest Europe and were the early settlers in America, their work resulting in great American Republic
- immigrants in the US dilute the quality of the Nordic genetic material and so US faces an inevitable decline in greatness
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The Immigration Act of 1924
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- The arguments made by Grant were used in U.S. Congress to pass the Johnson-Reed Act, which effectively ended the great age of European immigration into the U.S.
- establishment of a quota system limiting immigration from southern and eastern Europe (primarily Jewish and Slavic) while allowing significant immigration from northern and western Europe
- Asians were specifically excluded from immigration
14
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Post-wat immigration to the US
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- 1960s immigration has opened up to all parts of the world using a quota system
- Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
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Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
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- abolished quotas, opening the doors to “those who can contribute most to this country – to its growth, to its strength, to its spirit.”
- the new law created a preference system that focused on immigrants’ skills and family relations with citizens or US residents
16
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Where do immigrants come from today?
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- Mexico
- Philippines
- China
- India
- Cuba
- Vietnam
- most are from Latin America (50%), then Asia (31%), then Europe (10%)
17
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From where are the illegal aliens that eat their dogs and cats?
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- 70% from Mexico and Central America
- 14% Asia
- 6% South America
- rest 4% and smaller
18
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Ethnic Hierarchy
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- The first immigration law passed by Congress in 1790 specified that only white immigrants were eligible for naturalization
- In an age of eugenics, scientific racism, and social Darwinism, the notion that northwestern Europeans were innately superior gained wide currency
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One-Way Assimilation
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- does not deem minority groups to be innately or biologically superior to the majority group
- professed goal is equality - but on terms that presume superiority, purity ad unchanging character of the dominant culture
- it demands “culture genocide”
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Culture Pluralism
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- cultural diversity is a healthy and normal condition that does not preclude equal rights and the mutual understandings about civic responsibilities needed to sustain a democratic nation-state
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Group Separatism
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- It originates in the desire of a culturally distinctive or racialized group to withdraw as much as possible from American society and interaction with other groups
