Residential Segregation 25

Question 1

What were the first settlement areas for Europeans, Asians, and Hispanics and why?

Answer 1

Europeans - Atlantic seaboard, Asian - Pacific Rim state, and Hispanics - southwest. Greater proximity to country of origin lowered the cost of moving to the US and the return trip home.

Question 2

What were some of the factors that drew certain concentrations of immigrants to various regions?

Answer 2

Close to home country, established ethnic concentrations, and the economic conditions of the communities. Ethnic networks helped people settle and get jobs. Industry in the midwest in the 19th and early 20th centuries drew immigrants to cities.

Question 3

When did Hispanics surpass blacks as the largest minority group?

Answer 3

2003

Question 4

What are some of the reasons that the post-1965 wave of immigrants might not achieve the same level of assimilation as the previous great wave of immigrants?

Answer 4

1) the hiatus of immigration in the 1920s because of laws weakened ethnic enclaves 2) changes in origin countries of migrants undermines the formation of ethnic enclaves 3) the racial distinctiveness of the new immigrant groups (Iceland 2009)