[ASIAN AM 160] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 34 pages long Study Guide!
29 Nov 2016
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Immigration is only part of u. s. history. Immigration policies of founding (differed by state) Reading 1 lecture notes: no quakers, no black. Only slaves: no catholics, no criminals, no poor people. Laws tell you how people were thinking. Federal laws tell you how people were thinking. First laws passed by government were immigration laws. Took longer to become citizens: didn"t want french revolution ideas coming to america. Founding principles versus immigration policies o o. Creates quandary (dilemma): do we create policies/laws based on principles or character of immigrants. Why do immigrants come to the u. s. ? o. Bottom-up history: history told from point of view of the ordinary Chinese were first critical mass to immigrate. Prior to wwii chinese immigration stemmed from port areas in southern china o. 5 regions in 2 southeastern china, fukien, and kwangtung: macau. 1760 chinese government restricted foreign commerce to canton whereas fukien operated by.
