CIV US : FOUNDING MYTHS AND LAND OF IMMIGRANTS Flashcards
Date of Declaration of Independence
1776
popular expression use in 19th-century by Horatio Alger in his novels ? (link to the american dream )
“from rags to riches”
What are the lines of poet Emma Lazarus engraved on the statue’s pedestal ( StOfLib)
“Give me your tired , your poor , your huddled masses yearning to breathe free “
What are the name of theory about diversity in USA ?
The “ Melting Pot “ Theory
Percent of Americans belong to a volunteer organization
60%
What is social Darwinism ?
Adaptation of Charles Darwin’s theories on the evolution of the species to the economic principles of laissez faire
By who the social Darwinism theory was popularized in Great Britain ?
The philosopher Herbert Spencer
By who the social Darwinism theory was popularized in Usa ?
Yale professor William Graham Sumner
Percents of Americans who move each years ?
10%
What the frontier days/period ?
The settlement of West in 18/19 th Cty
lower middle class incomes ranging ?
From 35000$ to 75000$ dollar a year
upper middle class income ?
100000$ and more
Percent of pop who are in the upper middle class ?
15%
Before the covid percent of pop live below the poverty lines ?
10.5 %
Poverty line for a family of four in 2020
26200$ a year
What years Louisiana was bought to Napoleon ?
1803
In what year was taken by gunpoint Ohio and from who ?
1817 Indians
In what year was taken by gunpoint Florida and from who ?
1819 Spain
In what years was taken by gunpoint Texas and California and from who ?
Mexico between 1845 and 1848
What’s mean the expression “manifest destiny” ?
This huge continent had been alloted by Providence to the American people for the purpose of fulfilling their mission
Famous worlds of John Winthrop gov of Massachussets in 17th Cty on America destiny
” We are a city upon a hill , the eyes of all people are upon us “
Crevecoeur French farmer of the 18th Cty about being an American
” Here , individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of man “
What is the English Puritans ?
a group of Protestants
Why English Puritans make a settlement in East Cost of USA ?
Because they took issue with the Church of England .
Where Germans etablished permanent settlements ?
Pennsylvania
What is the first name of New York and why ?
New Amsterdam Bc Dutch who settled first in NY.
How much immigrants between 1840 and 1860 ?
10 million
From where was the immigrants Btw 1840/1860 ?
British Isles , Netherlands and Scandinavian countries
What is the concept for this rather homogeneous pop at the begining ?
WASP concept ( White Anglo-Saxon Protestant )
How much immigants during the second great wave ? (1870/1920)
20 million
How much Italians during the second great wave ? (1870/1920)
4.5 million
How much Austrian-Hungarians during the second great wave ? (1870/1920)
4 million
How much Russian and Poles during the second great wave ? (1870/1920)
3.4 million
Date of creation of a literacy test (immigration)
1917
What is the Quota Act ?
piece of legislation for limiting immigration
How work the Quota Act ?
apportioned quotas according to the country of origin of immigrants and to the number of residents from each country already present in USA
Number of rsdt from each country alreadypresent in USA (1921 and 1924 Quota Act )
1921>1910
1924>1890
Part of quota to immigrants from Great Britain .
43%
Idea behind Quota Act ?
“preferential immigration”
Instrumental in dramatich shift in the origin of immigrants since 1960’s ?
The Family Reunification in 1965
Percent of admission today made due to “ brothers and sisters act “ preference system ?
80%
Effect of Immigration Act of 1990
increasing qualified workers
increasing total number (700k against 500k)
How many illegal aliens are arrested each years ?
Btw 750k and 1 million
How many illegal aliens reside in US ?
Btw 10 and 12 million
When is the Muslim ban ?
January 2017
Donald Trump to suppress the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ( DACA /2012 ) BUT …
the Supreme Court ruled to keep obama’s protection in place
percents of Americans supporting these young “Dreamers” (DACA)
90%
How many immigrants are refugees between 1945 and 1990 ?
3 million
Where from refugies in 1960’s and why ?
Cuba Bc Fidel Castro
Where from the refugies in 1970’s and why?
Vietnam + after Laos/Cambodia Bc communist
refugies per year during the 1990’s VS 2019
120k vs 30k
% Immigrants in the US (2020)
15 %
Option for become American linked with family ?
Having an American relative .
Option for become American if you live in ?
Resided in the US regularly for 5 years ( 3 if married with US )
How justify you live in America since years ?
Show the “green card”
What is the green card ?
Permanent immigrant visa that gives them the right to work in the US ?
What is the last option and funny way for become American ?
being born in the USA
If you fulfilled prerequisites what’s test have you to do ?
Show that you speak english / answer to question / testify you’re a good moral character
