Amh 2097 robbins - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Race - the assumption of differences based on physical characteristics (real or fake) Ethnicity - a group of people who have something in common (religion, language, etc.) Nationality - where you're from What does the U.S do with these categories? - create ethnic hierarchies Why is the creation of the "other" so important? - so WASPs keep their power What are the waves of immigration? - -Formative: Americans colonized, Africans -First: Irish/german/chinese -Second: Italians/jews/mexica...

Alien - person born in another country, but seen as un-assimilate-able "Yellow Peril" - Chinese Immigration Wave Stereotype; the idea that the Chinese will violently take over the US, take jobs, and take over WASP's (stereotype created by other immigrant groups) Naturalization Act of 1790 - "aliens" ineligible for citizenship; limited only to "free white 'persons' of good character"; extension of "perpetual foreigner" Aimed to Discriminate all Immigrants (keep them from becoming ...

What are the main differences between Race, Ethnicity and Nationality? - -race: the assumption if differences based on real or imagined physical characteristics (racism) -ethnicity: group of people that have something in common with each other like where they are from, language, etc (nativism) -nationality: historically, where you were born. Today, it's where you hold your citizenship How are they different than you originally thought? - -set up racial and ethnic hierarchies -white Protes...

Race - Assumption of differences based on real or imagined physical characteristics Ethnicity - Group of people with something in common (some have more than one) ex) Religion, language, culture Nationality - Where you are from (Can hold duel citizenship) Nativism - Not liking someone based on their ethnicity Xenophobia - Fear of someone different than you What does the U.S do with these categories? - Racial and ethnic hierarchies Why is the creation of "Other" so important? - The more ...

What dominated slaves' life? - Cash crops, 75% were field slaves on plantations What was slaves work? What were the differences in slaves work? - 75% were plantation slaves 25% were: - small farm slaves - City slaves - masters house slaves - Plantation house slaves How were slaves treated? - treated them like property and not people Were the slaves happy, like whites argued? How did they resist? - They were not happy at all Avoided active resistance to not hurt the slave community wo...