essay Qs

Question 1

Define origins of US acording to racial and ethinc identities, historical settlement paterns. How did the foudnign generation define Preferend migrants to the new nation

Answer 1

ORIGINS
- colonial era (northern european setteling on east coast)
- 19th century catholic and jewish came from southern and eastern europe (nativist sentiments emerged)
- national origins act- shaping immigration paterns
PREFERED MIGRANTS
- naturalization- favoring white immigrants
- chinese exclusion
- madison grant

Question 2

Imporatnce of transcontinetal railroad. what did it signify for us ambitions. new racial issues brought to fore fornt by this project

Answer 2

• after treaty of gadalupe continetial us was connected
• manifest destiny
• chinese exclusion act
• chinese worked on weastern part of railroad

Question 3

explain ira berlins concept of first and second migrtions of africans and african americans in the 17-19th centuries. Place this within the american imigration story

Answer 3

• FIRST MIGRATION- slavery, transatlantic slave trade, middle passage,
• SECOND MIGRATION - enslaved laborors from costal colonies to inner areas, occured as cotton replaced tobaco, characterized by harsh working conditions
• SIGNIFICANCE- migrations underscore forced displacement and exploitation
• relates to uprooted/ transplanted, assimilation v acculturation

Question 4

inhabitants of new territories treatment. complications to immigration laws.
18-19th centuries

Answer 4

treaty of guadaluepe hidalgo , natives subject to displacement of assimilation,
limited access to citezen ship after emancipation,
madison grant treatment based upon where in europe you were from,
territories such as Puerto rico did not get citizen ship and had to follow rules of colinizer