S.E. Asian Immigration to the U.S.

What are some fears and anxieties that people can experience when relocationg to a foreign country?

Prediction: What do you think was going on in 1970ś that would see a rise of immigrants from Southeast Asia?

Analysis:

Circle the Metro with the highest population of Vietnamese immigrants in the Pacific Northwest

Underline the metro area with 5.2 percent of population are Vietnamese immigrants.

Analysis:

Underline the Metro area that has the highest PERCENTAGE of concentration of Vietnamese immigrants within the metro areas

Circle the metro has the highest POPULATION of Vietnamese immigrants.

Hypothesis: Why do you think California and the west coast has a high population of Vietnamese immigrants?

Define Refugee in your own words

Draw an image of what you think communism would look like.

What were the hopes of Ho Chi MInh and the Viet Minh against French expansion into Vietnam? (0:58)

Why did the U.S. not support Ho Chi Minh and his government? (1:42)

Who did the U.S. support in the hopes of stopping communist governments? (1:50)

What was the Domino principle in relation to the spread of communism? (2:24)

How many were killed by the U.S. in fighting in the Vietnam War? (2:55)

How long did the Vietnam War carry on? (3:28)

Who won the Vietnam War and what was the end result? (4:10)

What were some of the experiences and emotions of people emigrating away from their home? (1:58)

What kind of responsibilities do they say the countries that have a hand in the war (including the U.S) have?

Highlight how many messages the White House was receiving early on that were not in favor of the aid to the refugees.

HIghlight who Senator Byrd said should be ¨screened¨ out of the resettlement.

HIghlight what Senate Foriegn Relations Committee and Joe Biden´s concern was with the refugee act.

Define assimilate in your own words.

Why did President Gerald Ford say we should open the door to immigrants of all countries?

Provide a summary in 1-2 paragraphs of the S.E. Asian peoples experiences of immigration to the U.S..

1. Include the push factor: Refugee crisis of the Vietnam war

2. Include the Pull factor: Indochina Migration and Refugee Act 1975