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Cross Cultural
Irish Americans, A
28 cards·by kwatts
Who is 2nd to only those of German Ancestry?
Irish Americans
18th century Americans came due to what 2 factors?
rising rent, crop failures
What brought in about 1.5 million, primarily poverty strucken, Irish immigrants to America?
Great Famine of 1840
Who made profound changes to the Catholic Church, of which many are still enacted today?
The Second Vatican Council
What percentage of jobs do women hold in the Catholic church?
80%
According to the Irish American culture, what are 2 techniques to endure pain?
relaxing, fighting the pain
Who will Irish Americans first look to to care for them?
daughters
Koreans did not emigrate in substantial numbers until the end of what?
the Korean War, the passage of the Refuge Relief Act
What is very important in Irish American families in helping to establish a family
atmosphere?
ethnic churches
What culture has one of the highest self-employment rates of all ethnic and racial groups?
Korean
What culture has one of the highest self-employment rates of all ethnic and racial groups?
Korean Americans
Korean Americans often want their children to find what type of jobs? working for someone else
good jobs
Emigration of A
answer
Emigration of Asian Indian
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Emigration of Asian Indian Americans occured in what 2 phases?
early 20th century laborers, middle class, college educated, and professionally trained
answer
What league targeted Asian
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What league targeted Asian Indians, warning that they were a menace?
The San Francisco-based Asiatic Exclusion League
Asian Indians have the highest _____ than any other Asian group?
birth rate
Asian Indian ownership of the hotels and motels constitutes for ____ of all the economy
lodging in the U.S
half
After the Vietnamese War, U.S labor and state officials had concerns about refugees _____ the
labor market and taking jobs away
flooding
What refers to the amount of good fortune that comes from meritorious or self-sacrificing
actions?
phuc duc
Phuc duc is earned primarily by the women in the family and affects succeeding generations up
to the ___ one.
5th
The practice of ______ means that the eldest son receives the entire estates of the parents.
primogeniture
What brought a end to the forcible detention of Japanes Americans in concentration camps?
Endo v. United States
Most Japanese Americans are adherent to what religion?
Buddhism
What culture originally placed themselve in various groups primarily based on language?
Filipino American
Most Filipino Americans are what religion?
Roman Catholic