Test 2 Review Session Flashcards
Chinese Exclusion Act
Banned Chinese immigration, repealed in 1943
Japanese Exclusion Act
Banned Japanese immigration, repealed in 1952
Naturalization Act
Made in 1790, gave whites and only whites American citizenship
Proposition 187
established a state-run citizenship screening system and prohibit undocumented immigrants from using non-emergency health care, public education, and other services in the State of California
1st wave of Cuban immigration
Largely professionals
2nd wave of Cuban immigration
allowed by US government to move in as part of a deal with Cuba, not as educated as the first wave
3rd wave of Cuban immigration
Mariel Boat Lift, many immigrants considered criminals, rejected views of older generations
Executive Order #1966
Signed by FDR, removed Japanese-Americans from land and placed them in Internment Camps (“relocation centers”)
Middle Man Minority
Notion that Asian-Americans are doing well, relative deprivation
Model Minority
Asian-Americans considered “ideal” minority
Organic Act of 1900
Hawaiians granted racial equality
Ordinate Act of 1917
Puerto Ricans granted US Citizenship
Lowe v Nickels
Extended educational programs to include bilingualism instead of exclusively English
Cisneros v Schools
Brown v Board rights extended to Latino and Mexican children
MALDEF
Mexican American Legal Defense Educational Fund (similar to the NAACP)