Key Issues Where are ethnicities distributed? Why do ethnicities have distinctive distributions? Why do conflicts arise among ethnicities? Why do ethnicities engage in ethnic cleansing and genocide? Learning Outcomes 7.1.1: Identify and describe the major ethnicities in the United States. 7.1.2: Describe the distribution of major U.S. ethnicities among states and within urban areas. 7.2.1: Describe the patterns of forced voluntary migration of African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans to the United States. Learning Outcomes 7.2.2: Describe the patterns of migration of African Americans within the United States. 7.2.3: Explain the laws once used to segregate races in the United States and South Africa.