Indian Americans in the United States

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What is the population percentage of Indian Americans in the United States?

1.35%

Which group is the largest group of South Asian Americans in the United States?

Indian Americans

What is the highest-earning ethnic group in the United States?

Indian Americans

What term is used to avoid confusion with Native Americans in the United States?

<p>Asian Indian</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term has been historically used to describe indigenous people in the Americas since European colonization?

<p>Indian</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term has the U.S. government coined in reference to the indigenous people of the United States?

<p>Native American</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used for the census grouping that includes Indian Americans?

<p>South Asian Americans</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which century did members of the East India Company bring Indian servants to the American colonies?

<p>17th century</p> Signup and view all the answers

What court records from the 1700s indicate about the presence of 'East Indians' in the United States?

<p>They were held as slaves in Maryland and Delaware</p> Signup and view all the answers

To which Native American tribe did three brothers from 'modern day India or Pakistan' marry into after receiving their freedom in 1710?

<p>Nansemond people</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which year did the federal census of St. Johns County, Florida, list a 40-year-old draftsman named John Dick with a birthplace listed as 'Hindostan'?

<p>1850</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the primary location for Indian Sikhs living in the United States by 1900?

<p>California</p> Signup and view all the answers

What drove emigration from India to the U.S. in the 19th century?

<p>Difficulties facing Indian farmers, including challenges posed by the colonial land tenure system, drought, and food shortages</p> Signup and view all the answers

What influenced American philosophies such as transcendentalism as a result of the presence of Indians in the U.S.?

<p>Interest in Eastern religions</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the 1900s, where did Sikh workers migrate to in the Pacific Coast U.S. states to work on the lumber mills?

<p>Bellingham and Everett, Washington</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who were resentful of economic competition and the arrival of people from different cultures in response to Sikh immigration?

<p>Some white Americans</p> Signup and view all the answers

What percentage of the U.S. population do Indian Americans make up?

<p>1.35%</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the highest-earning ethnic group in the United States?

<p>Indian Americans</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term is often chosen for academic and governmental purposes instead of 'East Indian'?

<p>Indian/South Asian</p> Signup and view all the answers

How are Indian Americans categorized by the U.S. Census Bureau?

<p>Asian Indian (within the broader subgroup of Asian American)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term has the U.S. government coined in reference to the indigenous people of the United States?

<p>Native American</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term is used to avoid confusion with Native Americans in the United States?

<p>Asian Indian</p> Signup and view all the answers

What challenges drove emigration from India to the United States in the 19th century?

<p>Difficulties facing Indian farmers, including the challenges posed by the colonial land tenure system for small landowners, and by drought and food shortages</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the influence of the presence of Indians in the U.S. on American philosophies such as transcendentalism?

<p>It would result in its influence on American philosophies such as transcendentalism</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where did Sikh workers migrate to in the Pacific Coast U.S. states in the 1900s to work on the lumber mills?

<p>Bellingham and Everett, Washington</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used for the census grouping that includes Indian Americans?

<p>South Asian Americans</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the birthplace listed as for the 40-year-old draftsman John Dick in the federal census of St. Johns County, Florida in 1850?

<p>Hindostan</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which century did members of the East India Company bring Indian servants to the American colonies?

<p>17th century</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term has been historically used to describe indigenous people in the Americas since European colonization?

<p>Native Americans</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term is used to avoid confusion with Native Americans in the United States?

<p>American Indians</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who were resentful of economic competition and the arrival of people from different cultures in response to Sikh immigration?

<p>Some white Americans</p> Signup and view all the answers

To which Native American tribe did three brothers from 'modern day India or Pakistan' marry into after receiving their freedom in 1710?

<p>Nansemond</p> Signup and view all the answers

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