Original Settlers

English- All Dutch- NY, NJ Scots-Irish- Western Edge of Va, NC,

SC German- Pa Swedes- NJ

Great Puritan Migration

Africans

Indentured Servants vs. Slaves Problem: Bacon’s Rebellion/ Fear of

Further Revolt Solution: Rise in Slavery

Movement of Indians

1600’s: Indian Wars/ Cleared out of Va and New England

1790’s-1815: NW War/ War of 1812/ Cleared out of NW

1830’s-:Trail of Tears/ Cleared out of Southeast

French Immigration

Cause: French Revolution Problem: Fear of Anarchy Solution: Alien and Sedition Acts

Rebirth of Slavery

Cause: Cotton Gin Problem: Sectionalism Solution: Compromises

Jacksonian Immigration

Germans: Cause- Revolutions in EuropeProblem- Educated/ Skilled/ Money

Irish: Cause- Potato FamineProblem- Uneducated/ Poor/ Catholic

Solution: Know Nothings

Movement West

1840’s-1900

Chinese Immigration

Cause: Chaos in China/ Railroads Problem: Alien Culture/ No Assimilation Solution: Chinese Exclusion Act

Japanese Immigration

Cause: Modernization of Japan Problem: Yellow Peril/ Hawaii Solution: Gentlemen’s Agreement

New Immigration

Cause: Revolutions/ Famine/ Persecution

Problem: Anarchists/ Jews/ Labor/ Religion/ Assimilation

Solution: Emergency Quota Acts/ Hull House

Hull House: Jane Addams

Great Migration Cause: Racism/ WWI Problem: More Racism/ Jobs Solution: KKK/ Small Race Riots

Braceros

Cause: WWII Need for Labor Problem: Don’t return after war Solution: Op. Wetback

Baby Boom

Cause: Ummmmm Problem: Overcrowding in Cities/ Ethnic

Tension Solution: White Flight/ Middle Class/

Consumer Culture

Historical populations

Census Pop. %±

1840 3,371 —

1850 9,479 181.2%

1860 14,358 51.5%

1870 20,045 39.6%

1880 41,659 107.8%

1890 58,313 40.0%

1900 75,935 30.2%

1910 94,538 24.5%

1920 116,309 23.0%

1930 118,700 2.1%

1940 117,536 −1.0%

1950 124,555 6.0%

1960 117,159 −5.9%

1970 102,551 −12.5%

1980 84,910 −17.2%

1990 87,492 3.0%

2000 79,318 −9.3%

2010 77,344 −2.5%

Post War Immigration

Cause: Cold War/ Poverty Problem: Immigration Act of 1965 Solution: Immigration Reform Act of

1986