Amh 2097 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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 ...

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...

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...

Detailed and extensive review for EXAM 2. Includes all key terms assigned by Anna Amundson as well as chronology specific related terms properly organized by dates. Used this to study for her exam. received an A in the class. FSU AMH 2097 Nationality, Race, and Ethnicity in US History FALL 2016 Dr. Anna Amundson

Detailed and extensive review for EXAM 1. Includes all key terms assigned by Anna Amundson as well as chronology specific related terms properly organized by dates. Used this to study for her exam. received an A in the class.

Here are the notes for amh 2097 on the race and eugenics movement and Americans' reactions to immigrants

Course Notes for AMH 2097 - Race, Ethnicity in the US (Florida State University) Professor: Anna Amundson

Review notes for AMH 2097 Final Exam