The United States - The making of a nation
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American immigration
THE MAKING OF A NATION
FIRST IMMIGRANTS1500s• NEW WORLD’S GOLD• SPANISH• OUTPOSTS• FLORIDA
FIRST IMMIGRANTS1500s• PROSPECTS OF WEALTH• FRENCH FUR TRADERS• TRADING POSTS• St. LAWRENCE
FIRST IMMIGRANTS1500s• BRITISH• PROFIT & RELIGIOUS FREEDOM• JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA• PROTESTANT
FIRST IMMIGRANTS1600s – 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 JEWISH• COULD NOT READ OR WRITE• CUSTOMS, LANGUAGE AND APPEARANCE SET THEM APART
• Affected American cities• Rowling NEW YORK and CHICAGO• ETHNIC NEIGHBORHOODS• Preserve language and customs• “Chinatown”
IN AMERICA
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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