UNST 220 Understanding Communities
Dr. Martha J. Bianco
Module II Lecture Guide
Part II
The Rich Just Keep Getting Richer
Click here to go to Part I, Part III, or Part IV.
I. Immigration
C. Foreign Immigration
Watch
this 1903 film footage recorded by Thomas Edison of immigrants arriving at
Ellis Island.
2. Second-Wave Immigrants:
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Italian woman and children at Ellis Island |
Russian immigrant family, 1918 |
Japanese housing in Honolulu, early 20th
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Ashkenazic Jews newly arrived in America |
Mexican family awaiting entry into America |
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Check
out this timeline of U.S. federal legislation related to Native Americans and
immigrants.
3. Third-Wave
Immigrants: Who are they?
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4. What is
"clientelistic hostility"?
D. Could You Become an American?
Can you answer these
100
Sample Citizenship Questions asked of immigrants applying for
citizenship?
II. Income Inequality: A Dual Nation
A. Basic Elements of Social
Stratification
a. Social stratification
in the preindustrial city
b.
Various
ranks of society in the American city from colonial era through 1800s
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slave |
indentured servant |
paid servant |
blacksmith apprentice |
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blacksmith |
peddler |
watchmaker |
metalsmith |
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seamstress |
upper class woman |
upper class man |
upper class man |
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or go to:
Module II, Part I
Module II, Part IV
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