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1、USSeriesANationofImmigrantsPowerPointByYiniCaoStartingUpWhatisanimmigrant?Whatisarefugee?Areallimmigrantsrefugeesorviceversa?WhatisanalienintheUS?Whatisanalieninasciencefictionstory?Whatisthedifferencebetweenalegalalienandanillegalalien?3.Inyouropinion,whatarethema
2、inreasonswhypeopleimmigrate?ImmigrationbeforeIndependence•1821-199764millionimmigrantstotheU.S.A.•Reasonsforimmigration:persecution,oppression,hardship•Theearliestimmigrants•ThefirstAmericansGuess:1.WhatpercentageoftheU.S.populationisforeign-born?2.Howmanyillegalal
3、ienscurrentlyliveintheU.S.?MoreAmericanssaythattheirancestorscamefromthiscountrythanfromanyother.Listenfortheanswers!Immigrationfrom1790to1920•1790to1840lessthan1millionimmigrants•1841to1860morethan4millionimmigrants•1881to192023.5millionaliensadmitted•1881to189080
4、%ofimmigrantsfromnorthernandwesternEurope•By191177%ofimmigrantsfromsouthern,centralandeasternEuropeImmigrationsince1920•Firstimmigrationquotalawpassedin1920s•AfterWorldWarIIsharpriseinimmigration•Immigrationrestrictionsliftedfromtimetotime•10largestancestrygroupsof
5、today’sAmericans(decreasingorderofsize):German,Irish,British,African,Italian,Mexican,French,Polish,NativeAmerican,DutchToday’sforeign-bornpopulation•10%U.S.populationisforeign-born•Mostforeign-bornresidentsareHispanicsorAsian/PacificIslanders•28%offoreign-bornresid
6、entsarefromMexico•Stateswithlargestforeign-bornpopulations:California,NewYork,Florida,NewJersey,TexasTheContributionofImmigrants•Germans,ScandinaviansandPoles–farmland•British–handlinghorses,cattleandsheep•Greeks,Italians,PortugueseandSpanish–citrusfruitcrops•Chine
7、seandIrish–railroadbuildingUnderstandingexpressionsInpairs,usetheexpressionstocompletethesentencesbelowoldcountrystandardoflivingsaladbowlfromtimetotimepopulationexplosionmeltingpot1.Animmigrant’shomelandissometimesreferredtoasthe………………………..2.BecausetheU.S.isanatio
8、nmadeupofpeoplefrommanydifferentcountries,itissometimesreferredtoasa(n)…………………….ora(n)…………………3.Whenthenumberofpeoplelivinginacountryincreasesinas
