Question

Choose one time period and discuss the history of racial/ethnic oppression. 1) Slave trade in Virginia (1600s) 2) Slavery in the United States south (1800s) 3) Chinese railroad workers in US (1868-1924) 4) Trail of tears (1831-1850) Native Americans 5) Small Pox Epidemic Native Americans (1754-1763) 6) Anti-ltalian Immigration (1840-1924) 7) Anti-Jewish Immigration (1860- 1930) 8) Social Darwinism (1880-1944) 9) Anti-German Immigration (1680-1760) 10) 1985 Philadelphia Police Bombing (1985) 11) Anti-Latino Immigration (1840-1936) 12) One of your own choice (must be approved by professor) Instructions Answer the following questions in essay format. 2-3 pages. APA format. 12 Font Times New Roman only All work must be properly cited and unless otherwise noted; do not include pure opinion. 1) Outline the basic history of the event(s). You can use a timeline or write it out. 2) What justifications did the dominant culture use to promote the oppression of the Other? 3) How was science or religion (or both) used to justify the oppression? 4) What attitudes, beliefs and values created the situation that led to the oppression of the Other? 5) In what ways was race or ethnicity used to create the oppression? 6) How did these oppressions influence modern American ideas on race and ethnicity?

Answer 1

Trail of Tears is the phrase used to describe forced relocations of Native Americans in the United States from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States, to areas to the farther west that had been designated as Indian Territory. This was carried out by government authorities following the passage of the Indian Removal Act in 1830. The relocation caused the tribes to suffer from exposure, disease, and starvation while en route to their new designated reserve, and many died before reaching their destinations.

The tribes included members of the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Poncanations.