discriminatory laws they wanted without political opposition from the huge numbers of immigrants. In such states/cities‚ dislike towards chinese immigration was expressed so openly that discrimination against the Chinese became an accepted part of American society. With that being said however‚ the state itself only had the power to torment the immigrants to a certain extent. “They couldn’t ban chinese immigrants‚ they could just make their lives
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The 1960s was a revolutionary decade for African Americans‚ especially in regards to education. This during this decade was the launch of the black student movement. Young Black American students were demanding more from their colleges and universities. One of the biggest goals the students had was the developing of black studies on their campuses. These students not only wanted black studies‚ but the wanted a multiracial curriculum. The desire for this came out of various reasons. In the reading
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from China to US. Due to the civil war‚ many American employers looked for cheap labor and there was a motive to reach out to the Chinese as replacements towards blacks on plantations. But as the Chinese population grew‚ more and more the way Americans viewed them also grew‚ only it grew negatively. White laborers found the growth as a threat to them‚ since they were “taking their jobs”. Sound familiar to a particular ethnic group from today? Many Americans then started to form the anti Chinese sentiment
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Between 1860 and 1900 the United States treated Chinese workers very poorly and did not pay them much for their services they provided in the jobs that were open to them. This period of time is also when the Gilded Age was occurring in America‚ so all Chinese workers in the U.S. were most likely working in a gold mine or on railroads‚ making it easy to classify that they were all be treated the same nationwide. By November‚ 1865‚ there were already approximately 4‚000 mostly Chinese men working on
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Several years before and after the turn the turn of the twentieth century‚ America experienced a large influx of European immigration. These new citizens had come in search of the American dream of success‚ bolstered by promise of good fortune. Instead they found themselves beaten into failure by American industry. Upton Sinclair wanted to expose the cruelty and heartlessness endured by these ordinary workers. He chose to represent the industrial world through the meatpacking industry‚ where the
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- They had to find other places to live – The Chinese people faced discrimination from the new white settlers‚ who thought that they were entitled to have the jobs‚ not the Chinese people who already lived there. 2. How and why did American politicians use the Chinese as scapegoats? - They made a newspaper to stir up hate against the Chinese – they told people that the Chinese people were taking all of their jobs and that they should be forced to leave America 3. What
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Communities around the reservation have really see the benefits of casinos on the reservations. The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act was passed in 1988 so the reservations can operate full scale casinos. The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act protects Native American
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I ONLY ENTERED THIS PAPER TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT CULTURE/ETHNOCENTRICITY – be able to identify‚ define and interpret Culture – the way of life for an entire society; food‚ beliefs‚ dress‚ language‚ music‚ festivals‚ art‚ holidays‚ religion‚ behaviors‚ values‚ rituals‚ manners Ethnic – race‚ origin‚ religion‚ culture‚ common ancestry and genealogy; kin/tribe‚ people of one country not all same ethnicity but are same nationality Diversity – different cultures‚ broad range of differences Prejudice
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America has a rich history that dates back to the beginning of the 16th century when the name was first applied to the territory now referred to as South America. The period between 1600 and1877 represents a significant milestone in the American history. Therefore‚ the period is characterized by slavery‚ industrialization‚ and the rise of the American colonies‚ Civil War‚ and attainment of independence. Although some people enjoyed the freedom in this period‚ it marked a terrible time for the Africans
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of the post-Reconstruction political and social climate‚ that left former slaves and other groups vulnerable to discrimination and second class citizenship. And the effects of racial tension from the nineteenth century‚ that have spilled over into American society today. After the civil war approximately 4 million slaves were finally granted the freedom they so desperately wanted. Newly freed slaves now had bigger challenges to face. Most had no family‚ no home‚ could not read or write‚ no monetary
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