HIST 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Religious Persecution, White Supremacy, Stellar Population
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Lecture 1 - the gilded age: part i. Large gap between rich and poor there was to reveal the america which was plagued with serious problems in society widespread dire poverty. Loss of american idealism (belief in american exceptionalism) and spirit: state of america. Immigration: four waves of immigrants in american history, first wave (17th-18th century) Consisted mainly of wasps (white anglo saxon. They came from northern and western europe. They were literate and homogeneous in appearance & religious practices. They came from countries with constitutional governments. Irish people came due to the potato famine. They were capitalists: fourth wave = (cid:498)new immigrants(cid:499) They came from southern & eastern europe (italy, russia) They came from countries with autocratic governments. Typically poor unskilled workers, illiterate in their own language/non-english speaking people. Push factors (made them want to leave their country) . Religious persecution, crop failure, lack of economic opportunity, political reasons/violence names (this strips them of their cultural identities)
