MARCH 10

ATTENDANCE

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FILM

DISCUSSION ON THE ITALIAN (for videos see today's assignment.)
ISSUE OF VOTING IS CENTRAL TO PERSONAL AND COLLECTIVE IDENTITY.

By not being allowed to vote, minorities are told You are not one of us. YOU DO NOT BELONG TO OUR HISTORY. YOU WILL NOT BE WRITTEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

THE BIRTH OF A NATION

Alabama blocked a man from voting because he owed $4

NATIVISM Germans, Irish, Italians, Chinese, Jews, Mexicans

NATIVISM QUESTIONS

Which document did you open first? Is there a particular reason?
Based on this information ONLY, what is your LEAST favorite chapter of American history?

The Immigration Act of 1924 (The Johnson-Reed Act)

SON OF ITALY 106, 107

133: always was and am a pick and shovel man. That's all I am able to do, and that is what I am forced to do, even now. Work with my arms.

135: vocabulary

145: to study or not to study English? Social mobility vs. class rigidity. Pascal's intuition.
147: what's the point of trying?
148: at home in NY
151: one of many literary aspirants.
153: Italian newspaper: not even 10 cents.
156: THE GREAT LESSON OF AMERICA. Faith in yourself.
164: letter to The Nation.
168: New York Evening Post

LECTURE
Part 2

THE GREAT MIGRATIONS

Irish, Jewish, Italians

Irish Jews Italian questions

What is the main reason of the mass immigration of Irish people.
With reference to the Jewish immigration to America, what were the pogroms, where and when did they take place?
What was the advantage that Irish and Jews respectively had when they immigrated?
What was the professional background of the majority of Italian migrants?

LECTURE
Part 5

NATIVISM

Start with the document that interests you the most, then read the others.

NATIVISM links open in a new window
BEN FRANKLIN didn't like those Germans
THE "KNOW-NOTHINGS" didn't like those Irish	This is a conservative website with current news.
THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT didn't like the Chinese folks RECOMMENDED: PBS Documentary Aired May 29, 2018 THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT A Special Presentation of American Experience Film Description Examine the origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here ever to become U.S. citizens. The first in a long line of acts targeting the Chinese for exclusion, it remained in force for more than 60 years. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/chinese-exclusion-act/
ANTI SEMITISM IN AMERICA didn't like those Jews
THE ANTI-COMMUNIST "PALMER RAIDS" didn't like anarchists (especially Italians)	And today?
MCCARTHY'S WITCH HUNT didn't like communists (especially Jewish)

NATIVISM QUESTIONS

Which document did you open first? Is there a particular reason?
Based on this information ONLY, what is your LEAST favorite chapter of American history?