This conflict is often cast as a long-term beef going back thousands of years, and rooted in a clash between religions. Well, that’s not quite true. What is true is that the conflict is immensely complicated, and just about everyone in the world has an opinion about it.
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AP 24.863 Migrant Ethnic Enclaves – Italians
Illustrative Example (p. 123) – Migrant Ethnic Enclaves: Italians in North and South America
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AP 24.861 Migrant Ethnic Enclaves – Irish
Illustrative Example (p. 123) – Migrant Ethnic Enclaves: Irish in North America
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AP 24.860 Migrant Ethnic Enclaves – Indian
Illustrative Example (p. 123) – Migrant Ethnic Enclaves: Indians in East and Southern Africa, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia
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AP 24.859 Migrant Ethnic Enclaves – Chinese
Illustrative Example (p. 123) – Migrant Ethnic Enclaves: Chinese in Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, South America, and North America
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AP 24.848 Migration – What are the Push and Pull Factors?
People migrate for a number of reasons. These reasons may fall under these four areas: Environmental, Economic, Cultural and Socio-political. Within that, the reasons may also be ‘push’ or ‘pull’ factors.
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AP 24.847 Migration – Reflections: “Unless you’re Native American…”
“… you came from someplace else.”
The Obama White House
President Obama speaks on the need for comprehensive immigration reform and outlines a proposal for a fair, effective and commonsense immigration system.Posted Jan 29, 2013
Echoing campaign promises from his first run for the White House, former President Donald Trump has vowed to crack down on immigration, again, if he’s elected to a second term in office.
Posted Nov 14, 2023
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AP 24.846 Migration – What is the difference between immigration and emigration?
mi·gra·tion em·i·gra·tion im·mi·gra·tion seasonal movement of animals from one region to another.
“this butterfly’s annual migration across North America”2. movement from one part of something to another.
“there is virtually no cell migration in plants”the act of leaving one’s own country to settle permanently in another; moving abroad.
“mass emigration from Ireland to the United States”
the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. “patterns of immigration from the Indian sub-continent to Britain”
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AP 24.843 Migration – Avalon
“I came to America in 1914….”
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AP 24.836 Global Economic Development 1760 to 1880 (6.4)
East Africa, the Western Indian Ocean Basin, and the World Economy, 1760 to 1880
This essay represents a small step towards placing East Africa—as part of the western Indian Ocean basin—into world history models of global economic integration.
For eastern Africa, the nineteenth century was truly a “Century of Ironies.” The region was integrated into the world economy, but little real economic development occurred. At the core of this lesson is Zanzibar’s commercial transformation, a process highly dependent on the trade in ivory, slaves, and cloves. The expansion of long-distance trade over a vast hinterland enabled this transformation. Omani rulers funneled trade from the interior through Zanzibar.
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AP 24.835 The New Imperialism (REVIEW) – High School Level Reading
BELLO’s MESSAGE TO THE AP WARRIORS –
Use this post to review New Imperialism from Week 23. Focus on browsing and skimming and scanning skills! College Prep Textbook (Ch 24 reading)
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AP 24.832 Raw Materials – Diamonds!
Illustrative example (p 119) – Resource export economies: Diamonds from Africa
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AP 24.831 Raw Materials – MEAT!
Caveat lector (WARNING!) This post is not intended for all audiences
Illustrative example (p 119) – Resource export economies: Meat from Argentina and Uruguay
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AP 24.830 Raw Materials – It smells like . . . Guano
“Oh Crap.”
Illustrative example (p 119) – Resource export economies: The Guano Industries in Peru and Chile
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AP 24.829 Raw Materials – Palm Oil
Illustrative example (p 119) – Resource export economies: The Palm Oil Trade in West Africa
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AP 24.828 Raw Materials – Rubber
Illustrative example (p 119) – Resource export economies: Rubber extraction in the Amazon and the Congo Basin
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AP 24.827 Raw Materials – Egyptian Cotton
Illustrative example (p 119) – Resource export economies: Cotton Production in Egypt
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AP 24.820 Crash Course – Asian Responses to Imperialism
“The rise of the West from the perspective of the people who DON’T live there”.
ASIA
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AP 24.819 China Under Imperialism – Empress Dowager Cixi
After becoming a concubine (a woman who lives with a man but has lower status than his wife or wives) for Emperor Xianfeng at the age of 16, Cixi rose to power when he died and her young son inherited the throne. She governed China from behind a screen for more than 45 years, and eventually sealed the fate of the Qing Dynasty.
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AP 24.817 China Under Imperialism – Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion was another movement in China that tried to expel foreign powers. It played a key role in the U.S. establishment of the Open Door Policy in China. European powers were attempting to force their way into China just like the U.S.
The boxers, known as the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists were a secret organization in China that did not appreciate the open door policy. Challenges to the Open Door policy would be mounted frequently in the ensuing years, including the Russo-Japanese War; and the “21 Demands” levied by Japan on China in 1915.
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AP 24.816 China Under Imperialism – Taiping Rebellion
It’s one of the bloodiest conflicts in human history. In 1851, the Taiping Rebellion exploded in Qing dynasty China, causing death on an unprecedented scale. Over 14 years of civil war, an estimated 20 million people died, more than were killed in the whole of WWI. It was, simply, the deadliest war of the nineteenth century, and it was all thanks to one man: Hong Xiuquan.
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AP 24.807 Indigenous Responses – Cherokee Nation
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AP 24.806 Indigenous Responses – The Balkans
Illustrative Example (p 118) – New States: Establishment of Independent States in the Balkans
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AP 24.804 Indigenous Responses – India: Under British Rule and Sepoy Mutiny
Illustrative Example (p 118) – Direct Resistance: 1857 rebellion in India
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