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    The United States is a society of immigrants. Since its early days, the country has admitted more than 72 million newcomers, a larger number of immigrants than any country in history. Most people came, and still come today, for wealth, land, and freedom.

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    FIRST IMMIGRANTS

    1500s
    NEW WORLDS GOLD
    SPANISH
    OUTPOSTS
    FLORIDA

    FIRST IMMIGRANTS
    1500s
    PROSPECTS OF WEALTH
    FRENCH FUR TRADERS
    TRADING POSTS
    St. LAWRENCE

    FIRST IMMIGRANTS
    1500s
    BRITISH
    PROFIT & RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
    JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA
    PROTESTANT

    FIRST IMMIGRANTS
    1600s 1700s
    EAST COAST

    DUTCH NEW YORK


    GERMAN PENNSYLVANIA
    SWEDES DELAWARE
    BRITISH VIRGINIA

    ALSO FROM AFRICA, FRANCE, SPAIN AND SWITZERLAND

    NATIVE AMERICANS
    Major
    changes when
    Europeans
    arrived
    CLASH of
    cultures
    Reservations

    Native Americans watching the arrival of Europeans

    OLD IMMIGRATION
    Boomed during the 1840s and 1850s
    From: NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE, ENGLAND,
    SCOTLAND, IRELAND, GERMANY AND CHINA
    Reasons: POOR HARVESTS, FAMINE, POLITICAL FREEDOM,
    BETTER LIFE, FAMILY REUNIFICATION

    EASILY ACCEPTED INTO US:


    PROTESTANS
    READ, WRITE AND SPEAK IN ENGLISH

    Prior 1800: OLD IMMIGRANTS

    SOUTHEASTERN EUROPEANS
    Those who arrive after 1880: NEW IMMIGRANTS
    From: SOUTHERN & EASTERN EUROPE, POLAND, RUSSIA,
    GRECCE, ITALY, AUSTRIA, HUNGARY
    Reasons: WORK, FAMINE, POLITICAL UNREST, BETTER LIFE

    NOT EASILY ACCEPTED INTO US:


    CATHOLICS AND JEWS
    COULD NOT READ OR WRITE
    CUSTOMS, LANGUAGE AND APPEARANCE SET THEM APART

    IN AMERICA

    Affected American cities


    Crowding NEW YORK and CHICAGO
    ETHNIC NEIGHBORHOODS
    Preserve language and customs
    Chinatown

    NATIVIST SENTIMENT
    Rising immigrant population
    creates racists attitudes
    Prejudices
    Fear
    Americans pressured
    congress to act
    1920s - QUOTA
    SYSTEM/RESTRICTION

    Americans who
    hated immigrants

    ASSIMILATION PROCESS
    FIRST GENERATION
    OBTACLES: DISCRIMITANION AND RELUCTANCY

    SECOND GENERATION
    BETTER TO IDENTIFY THEMSELF AS AMERICANS, SPOKE
    MOSTLY ENGLISH AND PRACTICED FEWER ETHNIC CUSTOMS

    THIRD GENERATION
    USUALLY NO LONGER ABLE TO SPEAK THEIR GRANDPARENTS
    LANGUAGE

    FOURTH/FIFTH GENERATION
    INTERMARRIAGE AGAINST ETHNIC IDENTITY

    RECENT IMMIGRACION
    1920 IMMIGRATION DROPPED
    NEW ASSIMILATION PROBLEM
    NEW IMMIGRANTS:
    MEXICO, LATIN AMERICA, ASIA
    CAMBODIAN AND VIETNAM REFUGEES WHO FLED
    THE DESTRUCTION AND UPHEAVAL OF THE
    VIETNAN WAR

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