Who Were American 1 Flashcards
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Melting point
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- mixed society, 105 nacionalices by 1920
- motto of great seal: from the many:one
- was a melting point: immigrants Leto old identities and became Americans
- new ones were treated with suspicious by the ones settled - got worst jobs and poorest pay
- hierarchy - white settlers who arrived were at the top
2
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Hispanics
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- Central America Mexico and South America
- Spanish language
- cowboys in the West
3
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Old immigrants - WASPS
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White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (including catholic irish)
4
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Old immigrants - descendants
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- Hold the best jobs
- Most money
- Most political power
5
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Old immigrants - European settlers
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From northern Britain, Germany, Scandinavia
6
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Native American Indians
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Indians - originally North American continent
- Affected by waves of immigration
- Forced out of land in 1850-1890s
7
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Asians
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- West coast
- Construction railway +cities of west
8
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Black Americans
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- 18:19th century millions brought as slaves in cotton plantation
- slavery ended in 186
- 1920- 11 million in America
- from labourers in the south to industrial cities in north
9
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Southern and eastern European
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Russia Poland and Italy
- most new immigrants in the 19th century
- escaping persecution
