POLI 172 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: United States Census Bureau, Umbrella Term, Identity Politics

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North american: early cultural diversity, first immigrants (indians/ naive americans) went on to found many civilizaions, today, the us census bureau recognizes 564 tribes, umbrella term european for other immigrants decepive. These setlers came from countries in many ways (language, religion, poliics), but also oten had been at war with each other. Earliest european seters of the southeastern and southwestern territories were likely to be. Roman catholics from france and spain. (northeast: much of what is now arizona, new mexico, california, and texas was populated by. Mexican catholics of mixed spanish and indian descent. (southwest: over ime, germany provided more immigrants than england. Immigrants would oten self-segregate into territories (asians the west: helped produce disincive local and state cultures. Census: every ten years, mandated by the consituion, determines the size and distribuion of populaion within the states, purpose of apporioning the ixed number of seats in the house of representaives. Controversies in 2010: democrats favor the fullest count possible.