Ch 10 ... SWRK 340

Race is a

Social construct with little basis in human genetics or biology

The word “race” appeared in English language when

Britain began to colonize other lands

Process of cultural assimilation

The process where people from one culture gradually adopt the customs, language, and behaviors of another culture

The stages of the process of cultural assimilation

Cultural assimilation, martial assimilation, and prejudice-free assimilation

Cultural assimilation

The minority culture is accepted or tolerated by the majority culture

Martial assimilation

Interracial marriages occur in large numbers

Prejudice-free assimilation

The final stage, when notions of racial superiority disappear

In 2050, the number of white people

Drops drastically but still the largest group

In 2050, Hispanic or Latino will

Increase by 14.2 and will be second largest group

Sharecropping

A farming system where a landowner lets a farmer use their land, and in return, the farmer gives the landowner a share of the crops they grow

Convict leasing

Landowners and other employers would bid on contracts to use convicts on chain gangs for their labor

Mestizos

Children of mixed marriages between Spanish and indigenous people

Spain lost its American colonies and the

Mexican Revolution brought that nation’s independence

Mexico outlawed

American immigration

The Mexican-American War was declared in

1836

The Mexican government outlawed slavery which

Enraged salveholding Texans and forced the Mexican government to cede the state

The name for Texas when it was an independent country

The Lone Star Republic

The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

An agreement to end the Mexican-American war and Mexico ceded Texas and the southwest territories

Chinese immigrants came to America in search of the

“Gold Mountain”

Chinese immigrants were called

Coolies

The Gentlemen’s Agreement

A deal Roosevelt made with Japan which agreed to limit how many workers and farmers could move to the U.S.

The first stage of U.S. policy in relation to indigenous people

Initial contact and treaty making

The second stage of U.S. policy in relation to indigenous people

Removal and relocation

Third stage of U.S. policy in relation to indigenous people

Forced assimilation

Fourth stage of U.S. policy in relation to indigenous people

Termination

Fifth stage of U.S. policy in relation to indigenous people

Self-determination

“Kill the Indian, Save the Man”

A movement to assimilate Native American by removing children from their homes and placing them in boarding schools

The Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009

Makes it a federal crime to attack someone because if disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity

Trail of Tears

When the U.S. government forced Native American tribes to leave their homes and move far away to new land in 1838 and 1839

___ of the Cherokee Nation died on the Trail of Tears

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