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By Sophie Cheung, Peyton Saks, and Sara Park
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Immigration- the process of people moving from one country to a different one Migration- movement Prejudice- the unfair feeling of hate or dislike for people of a certain group Reservations- lands set aside for the American Indians
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Kyutaro Abiko- Started the Yamato Colony, a Japanese farming community in the Central Valley in 1904. Colonel Allen Allensworth- A former slave who led a group to build Allensworth in the San Joaquin Valley. Chief Kientepoos ( Captain Jack)- Chief of the Modoc tribe who fought for 3 years. Kyutaro Abiko Chief Kientepoos
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Solvang- Denmark immigrants built this community in 1910 in the Santa Ynes Valley Allensworth- a town built in 1908 by a group of African Americans including Colonel Allen Allensworth. The town was built as a solution to discrimination. Yamato Colony- a Japanese farming town in the Central Valley started by Kyutaro Abiko in 1904. Solvang, California
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Population in the US increased drastically between the late 1800s and early 1900s Immigrants came from Europe, Asia, South America, and Central America Immigrants could be held on Angel Island for as short as two weeks and as long as 2 years
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Newcomers brought their skills to the US Their skills included farming, fishing, writing, teaching, etc. Newcomers also brought crops from their hometown They brought and grew foods such as strawberries, grapes, rice, figs, melons, olives, and pistachio nuts
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in the 1870s, many people were facing hard times in the US Chinese, African Americans, and other races faced discrimination
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Mamie Tape was banned from a public school, due to the fact that she had not gotten her vaccination yet Mary Tape, her mother, wrote in a letter to the newspaper“ It seems no matter how a Chinese may live and dress…….. They are hated”
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1842 - 1914 born a slave in Kentucky, but he escaped slavery started Allensworth- a town built by African American slaves as a solution to discrimination in 1863, he joined the US Army to fight in the Civil War
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Why were some immigrants kept on Angel Island for so long? Why was Mamie Tape banned from a public school? What happened to the CA Indians and why was it unfair? How could the amount of water a town gets affect the population? What are some other solutions African Americans could have used instead of founding Allensworth?
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