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Assignment
Watch the Ted Talk YouTube video "How Immigrants Shape(d) the United States | Nalini Krishnankutty | TEDxPSU" on United States immigration history, sitting at 16 minutes long.
Answer the following questions after watching the following video. Answers may be short and to the point, no long paragraphs necessary for this assignment (unless you want to!).
I. During Krishnankutty's workshops on American history and contributions, what type of responses do people give when they hear the word "immigrant?"
II. As an immigrant himself, what contribution did John Muir give to the American landscape?
III. From what country did the founder of Tesla and SpaceX immigrate from?
IV. In what capacity did most European immigrants come to the United States during the 18th and 19th centuries?
V. What type of experiences did Krishnankutty experience after coming to the United States from India? Positive, negative, or in-between?
VI. During the last 20 years, what tragic major event prompted a resurgence of anti-immigrant mentality in the United States?
VII. What were Ben Franklin's thoughts and views on German immigrants coming to the United States? Did he support their arrival, or have another viewpoint?
VIII. Did other European immigrants, such as the Irish, Italians, Swedes, Russians, and others experience similar anti-immigrant rhetoric during their first migration waves?
IX. What Asian group had both an instrumental impact onto American expansion and building, while simultaneously having an 1882 exclusion act bar them from migrating here?
X. Personal Commentary Question: As we see rising rates of immigrants in the United States in the 21st century, we now see high-volume immigrants arriving from "new" countries than from previous decades. What insightful question(s) does Krishnankutty pose to the audience in terms of changing American perspectives about immigrants. Did the Ted Talk influence your perception of immigration, or perhaps do you personally have a family immigration history you'd like to share here? Discuss freely.
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