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Native Americans
Who were the first American immigrants? \answer\
When, who did discover the new world? \answer\
How many native Americans lived there? \answer\
Why did people come to America from different countries? \answer\
What was the governments solution to Indians?\answer\
What kind of land was giving to Indians? \answer\
What kind of brought the territors war? \answer\
How was live among Native Americans? \answer\
The golden door
Why named Ellis island the Golden door?
Between 1892, when it opened, and 1954, when it
closed, Ellis Island was the doorway to America for 12
million people. It is now preserved as part of Statue of
Liberty National Monument.
Ellis island was golden door for many people.
Language and nationality It is not uncommon to walk down the streets of an
American city today and hear Spanish spoken and otherspeakers.
Languages (2007)
English (only) 225.5 million (80%)
Spanish incl. (Creole) 34.5 million
Chinese 2.5 million
French incl. (Creole) 2.0 million
Tagalog 1.5 million
Vietnamese 1.2 million
German 1.1 million
Korean1.1 million
Recognition of English as the officiallanguage, they argue would stigmatizespeakers of other language and make itdifficult for them to live their daily lives.
This is law abuot immigrants.
That law attempts to attract more skilled workers and
professionals to the US and draw immigrants from
countries that have supplied relatively few Americans in
recent years.
It does this by providing “diversity” visas. In 2000,
some 50,000 people entered the country under one of
three laws intended to diversify immigration.
What is “New system”?
Can you remember the top points of origin for immigrants?
Mexico (173,900)
China (45.700)
The Philippines (42,500)
India (42,000)
Vietnam (26,700)
Nicaragua (24,000)
EI Salvador (22,600)
Haiti (22,400)
Cuba (20,800)
Dominican Republic (17,500)
Conclusion The story of the American people is story of immigration
& diversity.
Only about one – third of Native Americans still live on
reservations.
Ellis island was golden door for many people.
America is multilingual country
New system given golden for many people
During the next 200 years,people from European countries to explore America and set up trading posts and colonies
The government’s preferred solution to the indian problem was to force tribes to inhabit specific plots of land called reservations.
Poverty and joblessness
To low population of 350,ooo in 1920
Some tribes disappeared
Other tribes lost their languages and most of their culture