The United States - The making of a nation
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American immigration
THE MAKING OF A NATION
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FIRST IMMIGRANTS1500s• NEW WORLD’S GOLD• SPANISH• OUTPOSTS• FLORIDA
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FIRST IMMIGRANTS1500s• PROSPECTS OF WEALTH• FRENCH FUR TRADERS• TRADING POSTS• St. LAWRENCE
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FIRST IMMIGRANTS1500s• BRITISH• PROFIT & RELIGIOUS FREEDOM• JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA• PROTESTANT
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FIRST IMMIGRANTS1600s – 1700s• EAST COAST
• DUTCH – NEW YORK• GERMAN – PENNSYLVANIA• SWEDES – DELAWARE• BRITISH – VIRGINIA
ALSO FROM AFRICA, FRANCE, SPAIN AND SWITZERLAND
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NATIVE AMERICANS
• Major changes when Europeans arrived
• CLASH of cultures
• Reservations
Native Americans watching the arrival of Europeans
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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
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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 JEWISH• COULD NOT READ OR WRITE• CUSTOMS, LANGUAGE AND APPEARANCE SET THEM APART
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• Affected American cities• Rowling NEW YORK and CHICAGO• ETHNIC NEIGHBORHOODS• Preserve language and customs• “Chinatown”
IN AMERICA
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NATIVIST SENTIMENT• Rising immigrant population
creates racists attitudes• Prejudices• Fear• Americans pressured
congress to act• 1920s - QUOTA
SYSTEM/RESTRICTION
Americans who hated immigrants
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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
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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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