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1、Chaptertwo AmericanPopulationTheUnitedStatesisthethirdmostpopulousnationintheworld,rankingbehindChinaandIndia.250million----accordingtotheUSCensusBureau,onMar.6,1990.CompositionoftheUSpopulationPopulationDistributionCompositionoftheUSpopulation ------meltingpotWh
2、iteBlackpeople(Negroes)AmericanIndiansHispanicsAsiansandPacificIslandersWhite-----80%Blackpeople(Negroes)---12%AmericanIndiansHispanics8%AsiansandPacificIslandersTheprocessofthecompositionoftheAmericanpopulation1)Before1875,anyonefromanycountrycouldentertheUSfree
3、lyandtakeupthepermanentresidence.2)1875---1935,theUSCongresspassedlawsrestrictingimmigrationonthebasisofmoralityraceandnationorigin.3)In1953,CongresspassedtheImmigrationandNationalityAct,whichreaffirmednationaloriginasthecentralcriterionforeligibilityandestablish
4、edapreferentialsystemforskilledworkersandforrelativesofUScitizens.4)In1990,theUSCongressPassedanotherImmigrationActwhichlimitedthetotalnumberofimmigrationsto700,000from1992to1995,andto675,000------abolishedthe1952ImmigrationLawthatprohibitedthecommunistsfromevenv
5、isitingtheUS.2.DifferentcompositorsWhite-----80.3%in1990a.WASPs(WhiteAnglo-SaxonProtestants)TheyarethedescendentsoftheearlyEnglishsettlersandmakeupabout45%oftheAmericanpopulation,controlmostofthenationalwealthandpoliticalpower.b.OtherWhiteAmericans(fromotherEurop
6、eancountriesabout35%.c.TheirsocialstatusisfarbetterthantheotherAmericanminorities.Blackpeople------a.TheyarethemostnumerousminorityfromAfrica.b.31.6millionin1992,estimated12.4%.c.ThefirstblacksarrivedinJamestownin1619asindenturedservants.AmericanIndians-----a.Ind
7、iansaretheoriginalinhabitantsofthecontinent.b.1.87millionin1990:46%ofthemlivedintheSouth,17.8%intheMidwest,6.5%intheNortheast.Hispanics-----21.1millionin1990*TheyaretheSpanish-speakingimmigrantsfromLatinAmericancountries.*ThemajoritytracestheirrootstoMexico,Pueto
8、RicoorCuba.*HispanicsareoneofthefastestgrowingminoritiesatpresentintheUnitedstates.MexiconAmericansCentral,SouthAmericansCubaoriginOtherSpanishnumbers13.4milli
