AP World History AMSCO Guided Notes
6.7: Effects of Migration
AP World History Guided Notes
AMSCO 6.7 - Effects of Migration
Essential Questions
- How and why did patterns of migration affect society between 1750 and 1900?
I. Changes in Home Societies
1. How did male-dominated migration patterns affect gender roles and women's responsibilities in home societies?
2. What role did remittances play in changing family dynamics and decision-making power in migrants' home societies?
II. Effects of Migration on Receiving Societies
A. Chinese Enclaves
1. What were ethnic enclaves and how did Chinese immigrants use them to maintain their culture while influencing their new homes?
1. Southeast Asia
1. How did Chinese immigrants gain economic power in Southeast Asia under colonial rule?
2. What roles did Chinese immigrants play in commerce and trade throughout Southeast Asia by the end of the 19th century?
2. The Americas
1. What types of work did Chinese immigrants perform in the United States and what was their significance to American development?
2. How did the experiences of Chinese contract laborers in Cuba and Peru differ from those in the United States?
3. What cultural contributions did Chinese immigrants make to the Americas, particularly in Peru?
B. Indian Enclaves
1. How did the abolition of slavery in the British Empire lead to the development of indentured servitude and Indian migration?
1. Indians in Africa
1. What roles did Indian indentured servants play in the development of African colonies, particularly in Natal and Kenya?
2. How did Indian immigrants in South Africa experience discrimination and what role did this play in Mohandas Gandhi's activism?
3. How did Hindu and Muslim Indian immigrants maintain or adapt their religious and cultural practices in South Africa?
2. Indians in Southeast Asia
1. How did the kangani system differ from indentured servitude and what advantages did it offer Indian workers?
2. What economic roles did Indian traders and laborers play in Southeast Asian colonies?
3. Indians in the Caribbean Region
1. What is the demographic significance of Indian migration to the Caribbean and how have Indians influenced Caribbean culture?
C. Irish Enclaves in North America
1. How did Irish immigration patterns change between the pre-Revolutionary period and the 19th century?
2. What hardships did Irish immigrants face during and after the Great Famine, and how did they overcome them?
3. What cultural and social contributions did Irish immigrants make to North America?
D. Italians in Argentina
1. What factors made Argentina attractive to Italian immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
2. How did Italian immigration transform Argentine society, economy, and culture?
III. Prejudice and Regulation of Immigration
1. What economic and social factors motivated native-born residents to resent Chinese immigrants?
A. Regulation in the United States
1. What specific provisions did California's 1879 constitution include to discriminate against Chinese immigrants?
2. What was the Chinese Exclusion Act and what was its long-term impact on Chinese immigration to the United States?
3. How did Chinese immigrants respond to exclusion policies in the United States?
B. White Australia
1. How did Chinese immigration increase during the Australian gold rushes and what was the response from white miners?
2. What legislative measures did Australian colonies pass to restrict Chinese immigration?
3. What was the White Australia Policy and how did it reflect broader attitudes toward non-British immigration?
Key Terms
Mohandas Gandhi
Porfirio Díaz
Trinidad and Tobago
Mauritius
Natal
Guyana
Argentina
Chinese Exclusion Act
Chinese Immigration Act
Chinese Immigration Regulation and Restriction Act
Influx of Chinese Restriction Act
White Australia Policy
remittances
gold rush
white-collar
blue-collar
canal system
Scots-Irish
popular culture
ethnic enclaves
Natal Indian Congress
kangani system
Chinatowns