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  • THEMATIC FOCUS

    Social Interactions and Organization SIO
    The process by which societies group their members and the norms that govern the interactions between these groups and between individuals influence political, economic, and cultural institutions and organization.

    LEARNING OBJECTIVE

    Unit 6: Learning Objective H
    Explain how and why new patterns of migration affected society from 1750 to 1900.

    HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS

    KC-5.4.III.A
    Migrants tended to be male, leaving women to take on new roles in the home society that had been formerly occupied by men.

    KC-5.4.III.B
    Migrants often created ethnic enclaves in different parts of the world that helped transplant their culture into new environments.

    KC-5.4.III.C
    Receiving societies did not always embrace immigrants, as seen in the various degrees of ethnic and racial prejudice and the ways states attempted to regulate the increased flow of people across their borders.

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    • Topic 6.7 SAQs Assignment
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      SAQ Set 1 — Source 1: Chinese Exclusion Act

      A. Identify ONE specific justification the United States government gives for restricting Chinese immigration in the excerpt.
      B. Explain ONE broader historical development in the late nineteenth century that contributed to the passage of this law.
      C. Explain ONE effect of this law on Chinese migrant communities in the United States.

      SAQ Set 2 — Source 2: How the Other Half Lives

      A. Identify ONE piece of evidence from the excerpt that shows the formation of ethnic enclaves.
      B. Explain ONE way Riis’s point of view shapes his portrayal of immigrant communities.
      C. Explain ONE broader social effect of ethnic enclaves in receiving societies during the period 1750–1900.

      SAQ Set 3 — Non-stimulus SAQ (Comparison)

      A. Identify ONE similarity in the causes of migration for two migrant groups in the period 1750–1900.
      B. Explain ONE difference in how receiving societies treated migrants from different world regions in this period.
      C. Explain ONE reason for that difference in treatment.