Author, architect, and Holocaust survivor Benjamin Hirsch talks about his and his siblings' escape from Nazi Germany and their efforts to adapt to life in the American South during the 1940s, in the face of continued antisemitism.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces the nativism of the 1840s and 1850s—the fear that the flood of Irish and German immigration would result in immigrants out-breeding, out-voting, and out-working native-born Americans.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces Danish immigrant Jacob Riis, who recorded the underbelly of urban life in his photography.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes "Nativism," or the resentment of foreigners, which revived in the late 19th century as greater numbers of new immigrant groups arrived in America.
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Professor Maria Montoya of New York University reveals the international nature of the California Gold Rush. Miners swarmed into California from Mexico, South America, Europe, and beyond.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how the discovery of gold in California in 1848 led to an unprecedented migration, as thousands of people traveled west in the hopes of making it big.
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Sandra Rodriguez narrates a basic overview of the Japanese-American internment camps and racism towards Japanese Americans in the U.S. during World War II. The presentation includes a range of clips and readings of anti-Japanese propaganda.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how temporary workers from Mexico filled huge labor shortages created by World War II and became part of the continuing debate about immigration.
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The conference theme is "Latino/a Communities in the Midwest." Latino/a populations and communities are growing rapidly across the country and are found in every sector of life in the United States.
This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how both the north and the south had to draft soldiers during the Civil War. Since the wealthy could buy their way out of being drafted, class tension erupted into draft riots.
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