Racial Diversity Historical Worksheet
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Racial Diversity: Historical Worksheet
Answer the following questions in 100 to 250 words each. Provide citations for all the sources you use.
Throughout most of U.S. history, in most locations, what race has been in the majority? What is the common ancestral background of most members of this group?
The race that was in the majority in most of US history in most locations were Caucasians (White people).Though there were indigenous people all over North America when the colonists arrived, by the country was dubbed The United States, the predominant race was Caucasians.Caucasians partially used their far greater numbers to userp native people. Additional dominiance was shown to other non whites who were either brought to the United States, or had immigrated freely. The most common ancestral background of most members of the majority group were Europeans. Specifically people from England, France, Germany, Poland, and Switzerland contributed to the ancestral make-up of European immigrants to the United States. It is interesting to note that with the rather recent designation of White-Latino or …show more content…
Of those minority groups, the Native American people had roots from Northeast Asia by most genetic accounts from a single ancestry (Smith, Jacobsson, & Crawford, Native Americans Descended From A Single Ancestral Group, DNA Study Confirms, 2009).Hispanics and Latinos were generally from North and South America, and even parts of Europe (Spain and Portugal). Blacks are generally from Africa, and the West Indies (whose people can also trace their ancestry back to Africa). Blacks had been notable minorities in this country for centuries, since the beginning of slavery. Hispanics and Latinos became a significant minority in the latter half of the 20th Century as more people immigrated from Mexico and South
Racial Diversity: Historical Worksheet
Answer the following questions in 100 to 250 words each. Provide citations for all the sources you use.
Throughout most of U.S. history, in most locations, what race has been in the majority? What is the common ancestral background of most members of this group?
The race that was in the majority in most of US history in most locations were Caucasians (White people).Though there were indigenous people all over North America when the colonists arrived, by the country was dubbed The United States, the predominant race was Caucasians.Caucasians partially used their far greater numbers to userp native people. Additional dominiance was shown to other non whites who were either brought to the United States, or had immigrated freely. The most common ancestral background of most members of the majority group were Europeans. Specifically people from England, France, Germany, Poland, and Switzerland contributed to the ancestral make-up of European immigrants to the United States. It is interesting to note that with the rather recent designation of White-Latino or …show more content…
Of those minority groups, the Native American people had roots from Northeast Asia by most genetic accounts from a single ancestry (Smith, Jacobsson, & Crawford, Native Americans Descended From A Single Ancestral Group, DNA Study Confirms, 2009).Hispanics and Latinos were generally from North and South America, and even parts of Europe (Spain and Portugal). Blacks are generally from Africa, and the West Indies (whose people can also trace their ancestry back to Africa). Blacks had been notable minorities in this country for centuries, since the beginning of slavery. Hispanics and Latinos became a significant minority in the latter half of the 20th Century as more people immigrated from Mexico and South