SW 307 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Food Security, Child Benefit, Terrorist Threats
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Chapter 13: united states social welfare policies and international comparisons. Throughout the late 1700s, almost 600,000 europeans came to america, and 300,000. Africans were brought here as slaves: there were already probably millions of indigenous people living in america. Europeans settled mainly on the eastern seaboard; as more came, western expansion caused international conflict. Indigenous people"s cultures in these regions were ignored or destroyed. 1821: mexico gained independence from spain: this was also the time that mexico & the u. s. began to struggle over border policies. 1848: treaty of guadalupe hidalgo officially ended the war; the u. s. paid mexico and. Mexico gave up several states: the mexican citizens in those states were theoretically entitled to the rights of being an american citizen, but few descendants were actually given those privileges. Immigrants: people who choose to emigrate to a new country and relocate there. Refugees: people who leave their countries of origin to escape political turmoil or persecution.
