AP World History Unit 6 - Lesson 6.7

Remittance

money sent in mail

Ethnic Enclaves

location where area an ethnic group is clustered yet socially and economically distinct from the majority group

Gold Rush

discovery of new gold deposits in the Americas which caused massive migration

Natal Indian Congress

Political movement started in 1885 to demand greater Indian participation in government

American Canal System

construction project that ran through the Isthmus of Panama connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

Scots-Irish

Irish descendants of Scottish migrants to Ireland

Chinese Exclusion Act

A 10-year ban on Chinese laborers immigrating to the United States

Chinese Immigration Act (1855)

Parliament of Victoria limited the number of Chinese passengers on a vessel

Chinese immigration regulation and restriction act 1861

Attempted to restrict amount of Chinese immigrants into New South Wales

Influx of Chinese Restriction act

Entrance tax to restrict Chinese immigration into New South Wales

China towns

Chinese enclaves

White Australia Policy

series of policies set to forbid/restrict immigration, Mainly Chinese

White-Collar Workers

Service industrial workers

Blue-Collar Workers

Manual labor workers

Mahatma Gandhi

Leader in the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India

Portfirio Diaz

President of Mexico who promoted immigration

Assimilation

Absorbing cultural aspects in harmony with another

Natal

British colony now apart of South Africa

Italian Influence in Argentina

55 percent of Argentina today from Italian descent, many Italian words spoken, Buenos Aries speaks Italian.

Why were immigrants targeted with discrimination

Created competition for jobs.