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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 |
DEF: A railway built in the early 1900s that went through Canada and connected Canadato the US. From the Punjabi reading – author Suchena Manzudar. SIG: Canada used Punjabis as a cheap labor source for the building of the railroad. Punjabis migrated from parts of colonialBritish territories in Northern India. The British also had colonized parts of Canada. Shows the effects of colonization in the recruitment of cheap labor. As railroad completed, Canada passed exclusion laws to prohibit the settlement and continued immigration of Punjabis in Canada. Caused Punjabis to immigrate to US to work in CA agriculture industry. Blends forces of colonization and exclusion. |
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Nixon Doctrine |
DEF: July 25, 1969 - While visiting Guam, Nixon announced his plan to begin removing American troops from Vietnam. The plan included the new strategy of funding and teaching South Vietnamese troops to fight. 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.
SIG: Marked the beginning of the end of US involvement in the Vietnam War. Shifted the burden of fighting to marginalized people of South Vietnam. Served as a change in US military strategy that decreased the number of US ground troops abroad in favor of proxy war fighting. EX: |
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Political Wanderers |
DEF: Richard Kim 1st reading. A political wanderer refers to a Diasporic group ofKoreans that was looking for a place to settle in the US after Japanese colonization of Korea. Koreans sought a place to settle and become politically involved. Kim mostly examined Korean wanderers in Hawaii. Once Japan took over Korea, Koreans were left with no home country to belong or return to. The lack of citizenship and a home created a sense of political wandering.
SIG: This created a national identity for Koreans outside of Korea and showed that the political wanderers came to the US not looking solely for work, but to find refuge, safety, and a home. In the US, Korean men and women looked to fundraise for Korean independence as well. The Korean Women Relief society raising over $200000 to support Korean independence. |
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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. Countered Japanese propaganda that showed US racism, Secured china's alliance in the pacific war, restored credibility in democracy, civil rights reform, EX: Japanese focused on US racism to discredit the supposed American values of freedom, democracy, and acceptance of all. |
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United Korea Committee in America |
DEF: UKC was a committee created in 1940s that consolidated many Korean organizations in the US. The group attempted to gain KoreanIndependence with the help of the US in WWII.
SIG: Resulted in fragmented divisions of Korean organizations with different ideals. Ex. Sigmund Rhee was a controversial figure who served as the 1st president of Korea. Rhee and his counterpart disagreed about many ideas for the new independent Korea such as education, economic reform, and leadership structure. 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 or divergence (growing divisions) and unequal movement of people – H1-B visa example. 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, Geneva Agreement |
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Secret Army |
DEF: 30,000 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 with foreign troops. SIG: Devastated Korean land where proxy was fought, EX: Cold war - nuclear super powers (US and USSR) did not wish to fight directly for risk of nuclear war, Korean War, Hmong Guerillas (?), S. Koreans for US fought N Koreans for USSR |
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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) |
