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1、Chapter2UnitedStates:The“MeltingPot”0.IntroductionI.EarlierimmigrantsII.“ANationofNations”III.RacialandEthnicGroupsIV.NationalCharactersV.Basicvaluesandbeliefs1美国社会与文化0.Introduction1.populationoftheUS?255.5million(1992)300million(Dec.2006)the3rdmostpopulouscountryintheworldafterChinaandIndia.

2、2.majorsourceofUSpopulationgrowth?Immigrationaccountsforamajorsourceofpopulationgrowth.3.EllisIsland?EllisIslandofNewYorkimmigrationreceptionspotinthe1890sandattheturnofthecentury.3.2knownastheGatewaytotheUnitedStates.4.“babyboom”?thehigherbirthrateafterWWIIaperiodfrom1946to1964.2美国社会与文化Early

3、immigrants’tourofEllisIslandStop1.ArrivalStop2.thebaggageroomStop3StairwaystotheGreathallStop4.MedicalexaminationStop5.ThegreatHallStop6.LegalinspectionStop7.MoneyexchangeStop8.TheJourney’sEnd3美国社会与文化Stop1.ArrivalNewarrivalsweretakenbyferrytothemainbuildingatEllisIsland.Openedin1892,thefirsti

4、mmigranttoarrivewasa15-year-oldgirlfromIrelandnamedAnnieMooretojoinherparentsinNewYorkCity.4美国社会与文化Stop2.thebaggageroomImmigrantsenteredthemainbuildingthroughitsgroundfloorbaggageroom.Theylefttheirtrunks,suitcasesandbasketshereuntiltheywerefinished.Immigrantswithonlyafewbelongingscarriedtheir

5、thingsastheyclimbedthestairstotheGreatHallformedicalandlegalexaminations.5美国社会与文化Stop3StairwaystotheGreathallThefirsttesttheimmigrantshadtopassbecameknownasthe"sixsecondmedicalexam."AstheimmigrantsclimbedthestairstotheGreatHall,doctorsstoodatthetopandwatched.Theywerelookingforanyonehavingdiff

6、icultycomingupthesteps.Ifamedicalproblemordisabilitywassuspected,oneofseventeendifferentchalkmarkswasputontheperson'sclothing.Theywerethensentforafullphysicalexamination.Iftheyweren'tmarked,theywentontowaitintheGreatHall.6美国社会与文化Stop6.LegalinspectionAfterpassingthemedicalexams,immigrantshadto

7、provetheycouldlegallycomeintoAmerica.Theyhadtoprovetheircountryoforiginandwheretheyexpectedtoliveandworkoncetheyenteredthecountry.Inspectorsrejectedanyimmigrantwithacriminalrecordorthosesuspectedofbeingindenturedservants.By1921,immigrantshadt