Ethnic studies 101 final
Internal Colonialism - correct answer ✔A concept explaining the experiences
of blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans in terms of economic exploitation
and rigid stratification.
Dawes Act (1887) - correct answer ✔Assigned lands to various Indian tribes
and extended protection through federal laws over the Indians. It was
designed to encourage the breakup of the tribes and promote the assimilation
of Indians into American Society. Dawes' goal was to create independent
farmers out of Indians and give them land and the tools for citizenship.
Battle of Little Big Horn (1876) - correct answer ✔General Custer and his
men were wiped out by a coalition of Sioux and Cheyenne Indians led by
Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.
Indian Removal Act - correct answer ✔Passed in 1830, authorized Andrew
Jackson to negotiate land-exchange treaties with tribes living east of the
Mississippi. The treaties enacted under this act's provisions paved the way for
the reluctant, and often forcible emigration of tens of thousands of American
Indians to the West.
Trail of Tears - correct answer ✔The Cherokee Indians were forced to leave
their lands. They traveled from North Carolina and Georgia through
Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas (more than 800 miles)
to the Indian Territory. More than 4,000 Cherokees died of cold, disease, and
lack of food during the 116-day journey.
Forced Assimilation - correct answer ✔The social absorption of one ethnic
group by another ethnic group through the use of force.
, Pan-Indianism - correct answer ✔Social movement in which tribes not united
by kinship join together in a common cause.
Wounded Knee (1890) - correct answer ✔150 Oglala woman, older men and
children killed by US troops because they came asking for them to give up all
their weapons. Shots were fired: no one knows who truly started it.
AIM (American Indian Movement) - correct answer ✔Minneapolis, 1968 -
Intent: Native American Pride and Self-Defense; Tribes from all over country
come to this visit.
1913 California Alien Land Act - correct answer ✔prohibited "aliens ineligible
for citizenship" from owning agricultural land or possessing long-term leases
over it, but permitted leases lasting up to three years.
Magnusson Act - correct answer ✔Legislation requiring that warranty
information be made available to consumers before they make a purchase,
and if they warrant is offered, it must be either a full of a limited warranty and it
must be clearly stated, how to activate the warranty, and for goods over $15.
Chinese Exclusion Act - correct answer ✔Passed in 1882; banned Chinese
immigration in US for a total of 40 years because the United States thought of
them as a threat. Caused Chinese population in America to decrease.
"Boat People" - correct answer ✔After the Vietnam War, refugees who
escaped from Vietnam in small boats.
Pensinados - correct answer ✔Refers to qualified Filipino students allowed
to study in the United States. The law Passed on August 26, 1903 by
Governor General William Howard Taft's government through the Philippine
Internal Colonialism - correct answer ✔A concept explaining the experiences
of blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans in terms of economic exploitation
and rigid stratification.
Dawes Act (1887) - correct answer ✔Assigned lands to various Indian tribes
and extended protection through federal laws over the Indians. It was
designed to encourage the breakup of the tribes and promote the assimilation
of Indians into American Society. Dawes' goal was to create independent
farmers out of Indians and give them land and the tools for citizenship.
Battle of Little Big Horn (1876) - correct answer ✔General Custer and his
men were wiped out by a coalition of Sioux and Cheyenne Indians led by
Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.
Indian Removal Act - correct answer ✔Passed in 1830, authorized Andrew
Jackson to negotiate land-exchange treaties with tribes living east of the
Mississippi. The treaties enacted under this act's provisions paved the way for
the reluctant, and often forcible emigration of tens of thousands of American
Indians to the West.
Trail of Tears - correct answer ✔The Cherokee Indians were forced to leave
their lands. They traveled from North Carolina and Georgia through
Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas (more than 800 miles)
to the Indian Territory. More than 4,000 Cherokees died of cold, disease, and
lack of food during the 116-day journey.
Forced Assimilation - correct answer ✔The social absorption of one ethnic
group by another ethnic group through the use of force.
, Pan-Indianism - correct answer ✔Social movement in which tribes not united
by kinship join together in a common cause.
Wounded Knee (1890) - correct answer ✔150 Oglala woman, older men and
children killed by US troops because they came asking for them to give up all
their weapons. Shots were fired: no one knows who truly started it.
AIM (American Indian Movement) - correct answer ✔Minneapolis, 1968 -
Intent: Native American Pride and Self-Defense; Tribes from all over country
come to this visit.
1913 California Alien Land Act - correct answer ✔prohibited "aliens ineligible
for citizenship" from owning agricultural land or possessing long-term leases
over it, but permitted leases lasting up to three years.
Magnusson Act - correct answer ✔Legislation requiring that warranty
information be made available to consumers before they make a purchase,
and if they warrant is offered, it must be either a full of a limited warranty and it
must be clearly stated, how to activate the warranty, and for goods over $15.
Chinese Exclusion Act - correct answer ✔Passed in 1882; banned Chinese
immigration in US for a total of 40 years because the United States thought of
them as a threat. Caused Chinese population in America to decrease.
"Boat People" - correct answer ✔After the Vietnam War, refugees who
escaped from Vietnam in small boats.
Pensinados - correct answer ✔Refers to qualified Filipino students allowed
to study in the United States. The law Passed on August 26, 1903 by
Governor General William Howard Taft's government through the Philippine
