1. WHITE, NOT JUST THECOLOR OF A CRAYONBy: Terrie RomaineJennifer BettsENGL 1102ANovember 24, 2012

2. White is the color that was defined assuperior, intelligent, and worthy of life whendeciphering the standards of nativism inAmerica.I will illustrate how nativism played a key role in the shaping of Americathrough religion, race, and eugenics 3. ELLIS ISLANDAlthough the millions ofimmigrants that camethrough Ellis Island wherewhite, such as the Irish, theywere not accepted as thenorm from the Americansthat began to call themselvesnatives.The majority of Irishimmigrants where Catholic.The natives were Protestantand to them, no otherreligion was accepted. 4. Fear of CatholicsAccording to John Jay, ChiefJustice of New York,Catholics were a threat toAmerica. He claimed thatCatholics could not hold theirallegiance to the King and beloyal to America 5. Hidden death McDuffys Cutrecords of Irish This picture is a site where 57 Irish immigrantsimmigrants where found buried beneath. It was thoughtAt times, the names of those that all of them had died from cholera.that would perish whileHowever, after testing by a forensicbuilding the transcontinentalanthropologists, it was determined that 5 ofrailway, would be destroyedthem had either been shot in the head, orby the manager of thesuffered blunt trauma to the head.company for which theyworked. Neither would Their names were never reported.those deceased be reportedto the Census.Managers covered up thesedeaths so as not to scare offany potential immigrantsthat would not go to work onthe railroad in fear of dyingfrom disease or foul play. 6. The Orphan TrainThe Orphan Train has had ahuge impact on the lack ofbeing able to locate familymembers and is alsoconsidered a form ofnativism. 7. The most inhumane form of nativism, in myopinion, is eugenics. Eugenics is the science of improving a human population bycontrolled breeding. Eugenicist, Harry Laughlin, first raised the idea to the Americangovernment that this technique would only benefit the Americansociety by eliminating feeble-minded people. Laughlin isresponsible for the Model Sterilization Act of 1914. 8. Eugenicists,Henry PerkinsAnother eugenicists whothought he could wipe out anentire race because theywere not white, norProtestant in the state ofVermont, and succeeded. 9. Here is a picture of one of the hundreds of Indian schools inthe United States. 10. Paul Lombardo Paul Lombardo is a professor at Georgia StateUniversity in the Center of Law, Health, & Society.He has written books on eugenics and its effect onthe human race. He has also given several lecturesaround the world in regards to eugenics.I had the pleasure to host a telephone interviewwith Dr. Lombardo on November 14, 2012.Expertise:BioethicsHistory of State Sanctioned EugenicSterilizationScience and LawHealth Law and PolicyLaw and MedicineRace and Law 11. CONCLUSION Nativism and its impact on genealogy Nativism in regards to religion, race, and eugenics Irish immigrants - Catholic Sterilization Abenaki Tribe Holocaust Orphan Train Cantonment Schools for Indians 12. Works CitedBaker, Jim, Dr, and Mary Ellen Johnson. "The Orphan Train." Public Broadcast Systems. OPT.OPTV, MO, 22 Jan. 2010. Television."Chapter 4: The Rise and fall of Eugenics." Kennedy Institute of Ethics. Georgetown University,2004. Web. 1 Nov. 2012. ."Immigration: Irish." The Library of Congress. The Library of Congress, 2001. Web. 4 Nov.2012. .Lombardo, Paul, Dr. "Sterilization and its Role on Nativism in America." Telephone interview.14 Nov. 2012.The Pioneer Fund." Albany Law Review. N.p., 8 Apr. 2002. Web. 1 Nov.2012. ."Origins of Eugenics." University of Virginia Health Systems. N.p., 2004. Web. 1 Nov. 2012..Schrag, Peter. "A City Upon a Hill." Not Fit For Society: Immigration and Nativism in America.Berkeley: University of California, 2010. 21-22. Ebrary. Web. 1 Nov. 2012..Tucker, Abigail. "Irelands Forgotten Sons Recovered Two Centuries Later." Smithsonian. N.p.,Apr. 2010. Web. 16 Apr. 2012. .Zinn, Howard. "Drawing the Color Line." A Peoples History of the United States. New York:Harper Collins, 2005. 46+. Print.