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Jewish Immigration
- 1700s mass immigration when britain took over- due to religion
- 1845- potato famine- escaping starvation/persecution, seeking better economy
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Fear of Irish
- willing to work for low wages
- lose jobs
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Irish stereotypes
- immoral
- unintelligent
- hot tempered
- drunks
- fighers
- corrupt in business
- can't be trusted
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Italian immigration
- 1860- seeking economic opportunities
- mainly from southern italy
- Union movement
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Fear of Italians
low wages, same as Irish
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Irish stereotypes
- unintelligent
- trouble makers
- emotional
- jealous
- mafia involved
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Conflict between Irish and Italians
- scarcity in economic opportunities
- in competition for low wages, limited housing, similar education opportunities
- began to work together
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Immigration Act of 1924
set low quotas for certain immigrant groups
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Jewish Immigration
- fleeing religious persecution from all over
- spain and portugal
- germany
- Europe
- US has the largest Jewish Population
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Fear of Jewish Immigrants
- did not come seeking economic stability
- fleeing persecution
- competed with middle and upper society
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Jewish stereotypes
- cheap
- materialistic
- unfair negotiators
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Current Issues for White Ethnic groups
- prejudice/discrimination due to religion
- ethnic enclaves in lg cities
- ethnic distinction-practicing jews, clothing, etc
- persistent stereotypes
- catholic church issues
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African Americans- slavery
- for life
- inherited
- could not own/inherit property
- considered to be property
- no rights
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Emancipation Proclamation
- January 1, 1863
- Lincoln freed the slaves
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June 19, 1865
Documented date when slaves heared about EP
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13th amendment
officially abolished slavery in the US
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14th amendment
gave citizenship to those born in or naturalized in the US
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15th Amendment
prohibited denial of voting rights for men on grounds of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
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Jim Crow Laws
series of laws put in place to disenfranchize the freed slaves and other minority groups
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Plessy versus Ferguson
- legalized separate but equal
- rail cars
- water fountains
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Brown vs. Board
- formal challenge to Plessy ruling in area of EDUCATION
- separate but equal has no place in education
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- SCLC
- organized by MLK
- marches, protests, etc.
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
- outlawed Jim Crow practices
- Malcolm X and MLK in same place
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African Americans current issues
- de facto segregation
- low academic completion
- poverty
- loan discrimination
- incarceration rates
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Native Americans
US Policy of separation
- tribes treated as separate nations
- led to Indian removal act
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Indian removal act 1830
- biggest result of US Policy of separation
- relocated eastern tribes to west of Mississippi
- trail of tears
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US Policy of assimilation
shift in policy to assimilate tribes into US population
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General Allotment act
- Dawes Act
- encourage assimilation
- used blood quantum
- given land and 25 years... most land was assumed back
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Indian Claims Commission Act
- established to hear disputes with Dawes act
- good in theory, but now real power
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Termination Act
- phasing out
- intedted to give independence, but tribes weren't stable
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American Indian Movement
- AIM
- black panthers
- increase in cultural pride
- used confrontation and media attn to resolve issues
- fish ins
- alcatraz
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Indian Self-determination and education assistance act
- tribal control over edu opportunities
- est. tribally run colleges
- prevent brain drain
- walton scholars
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Native American current issues
- lower life expectancy rates
- most likely to be crime victims
- high suicide
- high addiction
- low academic completion
- casinos
- identifiability
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Latino Americans
- spanish speaking
- soon to be largest sub-population in US
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago
- resolution of Mexican-American War
- US Paid 15 mil. to annex TX, NM, AZ, and most of CA
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Repatriation
- rounded up migrant farm workers and put them in MX but didn't check status
- those not repatriated joined together- barros
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Los Braceros Program
- contract between Mexico and US gov.
- contracted mexicans to work as farm workers
- braceros- no legal rights
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Operation Wetback
- derogatory statement about legal status
- went to border towns and rounded them up and shipped them back
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Jones Act- Puerto Rico
granted unrestricted acces btw island and mainland US
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