ETST 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Waylon Jennings, Immigration Act Of 1924, Japanese In Hawaii
6 Mar 2017
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Banjos; square dancing; rural, working class american culture. Dodge charger, the general lee; confederate flag on the roof. Theme song by waylon jennings, country music outlaw . Denied entry to illiterates (meant to exclude southern and eastern europeans) Designed to maintain national purity and security. All other must assimilate or be relegated to a permanently inferior status. Hiatus immigration": 1920-1960 immigration hit a low and people stopped coming (great depression) Recent immigration": 1960-2008 (post 1965 asian and latin american immigration created the bulk of immigration) the browning of america . Draws material from several sources and organizes them into an harmonious entity. By 1890s eugenics was popular with americans. Perpetuate the superior rates; emphasize value of superior blood. Promoted selective mating, immigration restriction, and the segregation, institutionalization, and sterilization of those judged socially unfit . Social darwinism= survival of the fittest theory applied to modern industrial society.
