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14 Cards in this Set
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America is in the Heart Not the Book |
DEF: Carlos used words of older brother Macario to define what America is about. A celebration of what America offers to its people. America is not defined by what it is not, but rather, the ideas of freedom and democracy. Ex. A son of a peanut farmer could become president and keep the nationtogether through war. These are theexpressed hopes and dreams of democracy. SIG: America is not just a body of land, but rather the combined ideas of freedom and democracy. For immigrants, the US symbolizes opportunity and a way to fulfill your goals. Immigrants embody the idea of the American Dream |
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Structure of Refuge ASK |
DEF: Eligible for government assistance, Created by US govt. welfare system, aid to families with dependent children, supplemental security income, medicaid, food stamps
SIG: Showed how we viewed refugees as a national, political and moral responsibility. Make up for the loss of the war because helped vietnamese, EX: Primary asylum countries, Secondary Asylum, Laotians and Vietnamese. In the Latehomecomer, Yang's family uses welfare support to pay for housing and basic goods like food and clothing. |
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Canadian Pacific Railway |
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Nixon Doctrine |
DEF: Nixon expected its asian allies to tend to the war in Vietnam, to "Vietnamize" the Vietnam war, Would keep treaty commitments but relinquish military presence.
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Political Wanderers |
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1943 Magnuson Act |
DEF: Repealed Chinese exclusion acts, established racial quota for Chinese, granted Chinese naturalization rights. quota of 105
SIG: Connected US foreign policy to domestic policy. counter Japanese propaganda, secure chinas alliance in the pacific war, restore credibility in democracy, civil rights reform, EX: soviet union focused on US racism to discredit |
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United Korea Committee in America |
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SIG: EX: Richard Kim "In Due Course" |
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1965 Immigration Act |
DEF: Abolished the idea that the basis of immigration should be on national origin. Provided annual admission numbers for immigrants from the eastern and western hemisphere. 20k immigrants per country. Family members were exempted from quota,
SIG: Shows how immigration can also be a foreign policy, Immigration takes a step towards domestic civil rights reform, EX: |
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H1-B Visa ASK |
DEF: Non-immigrant visa, US employers to employ foreigners for specialty occupations,
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Globalization ASK |
DEF: process of interaction and integration among people, governments, and corporations in different countries SIG: Convergence: world is growing closer together and the social and economic divisions of nations are disappearing Divergence: although the world is more connected, the social and economic divisions are growing and deepening explain convergence ordivergence (growing divisions) and unequal movement of people – H1-B visaexample. Negative effects on people from3rd worlds. |
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Long Tieng ASK |
DEF: Laotian military site, used by the CIA, known as the "secret city", Hmong Guerillas, Airbase,
SIG: shows the extent of the CIA's clandestine war, Way for US to get around neutrality, Showed the unspoken theater of war in the Vietnam war. EX: was said to be a place for refugee relief, |
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Secret Army |
DEF: Hmong Guerillas, Located in Plain of Jars, Fight Pathet Lao, Defended critical US installations, Maintained base at Long Tieng,
SIG: US's ability to maintain military force without violating neutrality (What neutrality?) Displaced the Hmong, Lack of US responsibility(?) EX: Base was said to be refugee camp |
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Proxy Wars |
DEF: Method used by US to fight wars indirectly. War is fought on soil of another country SIG: Devastated Korean land where proxy was fought, EX: Cold war, Korean War, Hmong Guerillas (?), |
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Alex Odeh |
DEF: Arab-American who was killed by a bombing in Santa Ana, Regional director of American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee, Was killed the day after a jewish man was killed by the Palestine Liberation Front, SIG: was suspected to be killed by members of the Jewish Defense League, shows the discrimination in America, EX: (Find article he is mentioned in) |
