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1、USThefullnameofAmericaistheUnitedStatesofAmerica。TheAmericanflagisoftencalledthe“TheStarsandStripes”.TheAmericananthem圣歌isoftencalledthe“TheStar-SpangledBanner”.2.LocationandSizeP.169ThemainlandoftheU.S.A.islSituatedinthesouthofNorthAmerica,mainlywithinthenorthern

2、temperatezone;lFacingthePacificOceanonthewest.ItprovidesconvenientsearoutesforAmerica’sforeigntradewiththeFarEast;lBorderingontheAtlanticOceantotheeast.TheAtlanticisstillthemostimportantsearoutefromAmericantoEuropeandtheMiddleEast;lBorderingontheGulfofMexicotothes

3、outh;Twolandneighbours:CanadatothenorthandMexicotothesouth；★Itconsistsof50statesofwhichtwo(AlaskaandHawaii)areseparatedfromthecontinentalU.S.A.★河流图P.203lTheoldimmigration—thosewhowere“pushedout”ofEuropeandcametosettleinAmericabefore1860.lThenewimmigration—thosewho

4、were“pulledto”Americabyexpectationofgoodjobsandhighincomeafter1860.TheChinese-Americans(over1million)A.Beforethe1920s:Beforethe1920s,therewasnonumericalrestrictiononimmigrationinAmerica,althoughthe1882ChineseExclusiveActbannedChineseimmigrationforyearsandmadeitimp

5、ossibleforChineseimmigrantstobecomenaturalizedcitizens.B.The1920sand1930s:mainlyEnglishC.From1965to1980:racialdiscriminationisabolished.种族歧视被废除★ThefirstimmigrationupsurgeoftheChinese—theCaliforniaGoldRushin1849.★ThesecondimmigrationupsurgeoftheChinese—theconstruct

6、ionoftheUScontinentalrailroadintheearly1860s.★ImmigrationlawsinhistoryP.177The1882ChineseExclusiveActbannedChineseimmigrationforyearsandmadeitimpossibleforChineseimmigrantstobecomenaturalizedcitizens.The1920sand1930s:The1921EmergingQuotaActandthe1924NationalOrigin

7、sAct(togetherknownastheImmigrationQuotaLaw移民入境限额法setlimitsonthenumberofimmigrantsfromeachcountrybasedon“nationalorigin”(thenumberofpeopleallowedtoenterAmericafromeachcountrywasbasedonthenumberofpeoplefromthatcountryalreadylivinginAmerica),makingiteasyforthoseofNor

8、thEuropeanbackgroundtoenterthecountry,restrictingthoseofSouthandEastEuropeanbackgroundandexcludingAsians.The1924Acttookeffectin1929andremainedvaliduntil