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Immigration History
Early immigration to the US
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Undergraduate 2
03/02/2009

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The American Dream
Definition
Through hard work and determination, any US immigrant can achieve a better life. Includes financial prosperity and enhanced personal freedom of choice.
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Nativism
Definition
Opposition to immigration on the grounds that immigrants will marginalize Enlish language, undermine American culture, destabilize American politics and weaken the economic state of American workers.
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Assimilation
Definition
Shedding old ethnicity to adopt the ways of America to fit in. Ex: Speak English, stop eating cultural food.
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Migrant
Definition
A person who moves from where they lived.
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Immigrant
Definition
A migrant whose move involved crossing at least one international border.
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Structure
Definition
Factors that limit or provide opportunity: social class, religion, gender, ethnicity, customs.
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Agency
Definition
The ability of an individual to act independently and make their own choices.
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Race
Definition
Genetically transmitted characteristics. Definition changes ober time and space. Fluid and arbitrary. A social construct.
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Ethnicity
Definition
Cultural characteristics to distinquish groups: nationality, language, food, music.
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Push, Pull, Means
Definition
Factors of Migration.
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Push
Definition
Causes at origin compelling emigration: catastrophic, economic, political.
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Pull
Definition
Attractive force at destination luring immigrants: climate, political freedom, religious freedom, economic betterment.
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Means
Definition
Ability to move: lack of restraints in origin or barriers at destination and affordable transportation.
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EG Ravenstien's Laws of Migration
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Characteristics, Patterns, Volume
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EGR's Characteristics
Definition
Young, male, not poorest, below average social characteristics. Families come in chain migration and women become majority in contemporary migration.
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EGR's Patterns
Definition
Well-defined streams with precise patterns of from and to. Counter-streams develope.
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EGR's Volume
Definition
Vary by diversity of destination and difficulty of means and stat of progress of both countries.
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Step Migration
Definition
Moving: same country, Old World, New World. Rural to urban, less developed to more developed.
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Age of Discovery/Exploration
Definition
Europeans explored the world by sea searching for riches.
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God, Gold and Glory
Definition
Reasons for colonization of the Americas: Spread Christianity, get rich, achieve individual of national greatness.
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Plymouth Rock
Definition
Myth: Most immigrants came for religious freedom (Puritans)
Fact: Came for economic betterment.
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Statue of Liberty
Definition
Myth: Most immigrants were irt poor.
Fact: Not the poorest of the poor.
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Melting Pot
Definition
Myth: Nationalities and ethnicites all fuse into one.
Fact: Ethnic backgrounds and nationalities were retained.
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Krefelders
Definition
13 Quaker/Mennonite families colonized Germantown with William Penn. Forerunners of 100,000 Germans.
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Indentured Servant
Definition
Sign work contracts to pay for voyage. Then work for their freedom in the US.
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Columbian Exchange
Definition
Exchange of food, animals and diseaes between Old and New worlds.
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Columbian Exchange: New to Old
Definition
Hepatitus, corn, potato, yam, pumpkin, pineapple, squash, pepper, tomato, tobacco, turkey, cacao, guinea pig, llama, alpaca.
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Columbian Exchange: Old to New
Definition
Measles, small pox, scarlet fever, barley, wheat, rice, coffee, banana, cherry, peaches, pig, sheep, goat, cattle, donkey.
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One Drop Rule
Definition
1/32 of black blood constitues being black.
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Forced Migration
Definition
Migration without agency. Indians and slavery.
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Hypo-Descent
Definition
A mixed child recieves the lower social status.
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Racialization
Definition
Social categories are defined as racial characteristics. Welfare - blacks.
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Minority Group
Definition
A small percantage of the population that makes up a group.
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Discrimination
Definition
People act in ways that deny others resources of opporunities based on their identity.
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Prejudice
Definition
Evaluation of people within a category based on conceptions regardless of fact. Involves pre- and miss- judgement.
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Racism
Definition
The perception and tereatment of a race as inferior.
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Middle Passage
Definition
Forced migration of slaves from Africa to the New World
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Peculiar Institution
Definition
Euphamism for slavery in teh US.
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Slave Trade
Definition
Bring slaves from Africa to the New World. Involved countless deaths and forced migration. A business for profit.
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Triangle Trade
Definition
Slaves, molasses, rum.
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Emancipation
Definition
Abolishment of slavery and freeing of slaves.
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Emigration of Free Blacks
Definition
Alternative to emancipation by returning blacks to Africa.
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13th Ammendment
Definition
Abolished slavery (1865)
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14th Ammendment
Definition
Gave freed slaves equal protection of the law (1868)
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Cultural Survival
Definition
Cultural traits that remain through assimilation. Music, food, dance, language, religion.
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Manifest Destiny
Definition
Ordained by God to expand coast to coast.
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Frontier Thesis
Definition
The unique experience of the frontier defined the United States. It gave Americans the opportunity to redefine themselves as civilization along the fronteir must continually be rebuilt.
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Fronteirsman
Definition
Tough man explores the frontier paving the way for settlement. Davy Crockett
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Trail of Tears
Definition
Relocation of American Indians to reserves.
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Indian Wars
Definition
Indians attempt to get their land back. Indians vs. Government.
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Battle of Little Big Horn
Definition
Custards last stand. 7th Cavalry rush in against Sioux and Cheyenne and are overwhelmed by numbers. Indians win.
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Wounded Knee Massacre
Definition
End of the Indian Wars. An accidental shot resulted in open firing on surrendering indians.
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Mexican American War
Definition
Texas Succeeds from Mexico and is annexed into US. Us fights against Mexico to establish a border at the Rio Grande.
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Battle of the Alamo
Definition
Small Texas force stands up to Mexicans and all die fighting for Texas freedom.
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Definition
Terms to end US victory. US recieves 1/2 Mexico with border at Rio Grande. Mexicans in the new US were granted citizenship and teh right to own property but this was not always upheld.
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Potato Famine
Definition
1844 Ireland. Brittish government refused to assist leaving 1.5 million to die and 1.5 million to emigrate to the US. Thought of as genocide.
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