essay Qs

Question 1

Explain the effects of scientific racism and how it affected 1921 and 1924 immigration Act, with the quota system, and general increase in nativism ( e.g. rise of the second kkk)

Answer 1

• Start with scientific racism and what it is
• explain 1924 immigration act - quotas on migration (limited southern and eastern european immigration)
• explain Second KKK and then talk about how it was shaped by nativism and immigration act of 1924

Question 2

Explain how the rise of “New Deal Coalition” helped teh second wave of immigrants and their american- born children increase the political and cultural power in american society

Answer 2

• explain what the “second wave” of immigrants is( southern and eastern eupropenas, impact of immigration act of 1924)
• explain what the New Deal Coalition is
• how the new deal coalition impacted the second wave of migrants

Question 3

Explain how these two seemingly contradictory things became a reality during WWII: incarceration of Japanese in detention camps, and general acceptance of European immigrants.

Answer 3

• start with WWII and what fueled the detention of of japanese (ronald reagan etc.)
• The house I live in by frank sinatra talks about embracing the diversity of of american identity and contributiosn of immigrnts

Question 4

How did the immigration law change from 1945 -1970, what national events contributed to those events. How did the 1965 hart celler act change the immigration system, what reasosn did lyndon Johnsons give for putting forward this bill

Answer 4

• Start with how Japanese internment, zootsuit riots, Nazism in WWII, No-no boys all had influence
• Immigration act of 1952
• Immigration act of 1965
• lydon johnson put forward to “correct a cruel and enduring wrong”, promote equality and fair play, transforming the ethnic portrait of the US

Question 5

Explain how African Americans migrated within the United States from 1900-1960s and how this internal migration compared to and affected internaltional immigration patterns

Answer 5

• known as the great migration invloved movement of african americans from south to north, midwestern and western states to escape Jim Crow era
• compared to other migrations such as 1965 immigration act when removed allowed for more divers immigration which supported immigration from africa

Question 6

Explain the connection between the US civil rights movement and immigration reform acts such as the 1965 hart-celler act

Answer 6

timing of passage of hart-celler act was in the heart of the civil rights movement
- hart-celler act was aimed to rpair a deep flaw in fabric of americna justice
- hart-celler aligns with civil rights in allowing more immigration
- hart-celler had unintended consequences (increase in undocumented immigration)

Question 7

Berlins chapter on effects of african american community

Answer 7

• diversifying the comunity
  ~ 21st century 10% of afircan comunity are immigrants or the children of imigrants from afirca or the caribean
• recapitulaitng past struggles
  ~ similar experiance to earlier generations of african americans

Question 8

study of puerto rican immigration to coneticut. how is it different. what issues does it bring

Answer 8

Ruth glasser
- 32.5% of hartford in puertorican
- originaly came to work on farms and in factories
- ct has highest concentration of puertoricans in US