University Phoenix Material: Multicultural Matrix Analysis Worksheet (Coursework Sample)

What is the group’s history in the United States?

What is the group’s population in the United States?

What are some attitudes and customs people of this group may practice?

What is something you admire about this group’s people, lifestyle, or society?

• Originated from Asia early 1000 BC
• Population wiped by diseases brought by Europeans during the invasion of Americas in 1492
• Resisted the European invasion but eventually they were overpowered and made to work on colonial farms
• Others spread out to what is called today southern Canada, USA and southern South America
• The population of this group is on the rise again today

• Comprised of the Chinese, Filipinos and Japanese as the major ethnic groups in this group
• Koreans, Vietnamese, South Asian Americans and Hmong later joined the group.
• Chinese arrived first in large numbers in the USA in 1850s. they came as workers in the railroads and goldmines
• Violent and resistance they encountered made them to not work on the goldmines.
• Arrival of the Japanese was between 1890-1907. Most of the Japanese population settled in Hawaii. Which was still an independent country up to the year 1898
• They became the largest population in a multicultural Hawaii and in 1910, they took control of the political class of the state.

• Origin traced to African. They were mostly brought to America through slave trade as early as in 1550s.
• Most of the time they have been considered as Black Americans.
• They have been referred to in many ways; negroes, colored though these names are unacceptable in the modern society
• Their history is observed in February, a month commonly referred to as Black History Month.
• In early 1700, the number of black slaves in North America had reached 25,000 people translating to 10% of the total population.
• In the 1750s, the number of slaves born in America with African decent outnumbered those that came in as slaves.
• They started resisting slavery as the more notable rebellion was Stono Uprising that was organized in 1739. Most of them died in this rebellion after killing 20 whites

• Consist mostly of Mexicans, Cubans and those with Puerto Rico descents.
• The first Latino to land to Americas was Juan Ponce de Leon, in 1513.
• Thirty years after him, the Latinos became the first Europeans to discover Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River.
• 1540, Hermando de Soto carried a vast exploration of the United States. He covered states like Georgia, Oklahoma, Tennessee, The Carolina
• They created their first settlement in 1565.
• To date, they are among the major groups in the United States.

• In 1813, a Mexican ethnic group called Tejanos established a government in Texas after colonizing it. This was a channel the used to gain independence from the rule of the Spanish.