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Immigration and the United States

Immigration and the United States. Chapter 4. Chapter Overview. Introduction History Issues Videos Y.J.U.s Guest Speaker (optional) Review. I. Introduction. “Quiz” Highlights New Americans: Their origins and destinations.

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Immigration and the United States

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  1. Immigration and the United States Chapter 4

  2. Chapter Overview • Introduction • History • Issues • Videos • Y.J.U.s • Guest Speaker (optional) • Review

  3. I. Introduction • “Quiz” • Highlights • New Americans: Their origins and destinations

  4. 1. Before steam-powered ships, most immigrants came to America on passenger sailing ships. False

  5. 2. During the early 1800s, shipboard immigrants banged their bread on the table and strained their drinking water through their teeth before eating or drinking. True

  6. 3. During the 1800s, Americans were afraid that the Chinese would spread alien germs. True

  7. 4. Chow mien, St. Patrick’s Day parades and the Afro hairstyle are all old-world traditions brought to the New World. False

  8. 5. There are more Jews in the United States than in Israel. True

  9. 6. The “Brain Drain” refers to low American I.Q. scores due to uneducated immigrants. False

  10. 7. Mexican American women with a high school degree have fewer children than those who do not. True

  11. 8. The United States is currently in jeopardy of overpopulation. False

  12. 9. Government restrictions of benefits to illegal aliens have increased the number of people who have been naturalized (been made citizens). True

  13. 10. Terrorists are usually illegal immigrants. Not the one’s that have been terrorizing the U.S.

  14. I. Introduction • “Quiz” • Highlights • New Americans: Their origins and destinations

  15. B. Highlights: 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act 1920s National Origins (Quotas) System 1965 Immigration Act 1994 CA Prop 187

  16. I. Introduction • “Quiz” • Highlights • New Americans: Their origins and destinations

  17. II. Key Terms • Nativism • Xenophobia • Sinophobia

  18. III. History • Early Immigration • Restrictions • 1965 Immigration Act • Proposition 187 • Homework

  19. III. History • Early Immigration • Restrictions • 1965 Immigration Act • Proposition 187 • Homework

  20. III. History • Early Immigration • Restrictions • 1965 Immigration Act • Proposition 187 • Homework

  21. B. Restrictions • 1. 1790 Naturalization Act by 1st Continental Congress • 2. 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act • 3. 1908 “Gentlemen’s Agreement” • 4. 1917 Literacy Test • 5. 1920’s National Quotas

  22. III. History • Early Immigration • Restrictions • 1965 Immigration Act • Proposition 187 • Homework

  23. III. History • Early Immigration • Restrictions • 1965 Immigration Act • Proposition 187 • Homework

  24. III. History • Early Immigration • Restrictions • 1965 Immigration Act • Proposition 187 • Homework

  25. Your Genealogy

  26. IV. Issues • A. The Economic Impact of Immigration • B. Illegal Immigration • C. Refugees • D. The Brain Drain • E. Population Growth

  27. IV. Issues • A. The Economic Impact of Immigration • B. Illegal Immigration • C. Refugees • D. The Brain Drain • E. Population Growth

  28. IV. Issues • A. The Economic Impact of Immigration • B. Illegal Immigration • C. Refugees • D. The Brain Drain • E. Population Growth

  29. IV. Issues • A. The Economic Impact of Immigration • B. Illegal Immigration • C. Refugees • D. The Brain Drain • E. Population Growth

  30. IV. Issues • A. The Economic Impact of Immigration • B. Illegal Immigration • C. Refugees • D. The Brain Drain • E. Population Growth

  31. IV. Issues • A. The Economic Impact of Immigration • B. Illegal Immigration • C. Refugees • D. The Brain Drain • E. Population Growth

  32. V. Videos • A. Keepers of the Dream • History of Immigration and the U.S. Border Patrol • B. In Search of OurselvesImmigration Issues

  33. V. Videos • A. Keepers of the Dream • History of Immigration and the U.S. Border Patrol • B. In Search of OurselvesImmigration Issues

  34. V. Videos • A. Keepers of the Dream • History of Immigration and the U.S. Border Patrol • B. In Search of OurselvesImmigration Issues

  35. VI. Y.J.U.s

  36. VI. Y.J.U.s Y.J.U.: The United States has a very restrictive immigration policy

  37. VI. Y.J.U.s Y.J.U.: Immigrants are financial liabilities

  38. VI. Y.J.U.s Y.J.U.: The U.S. should have no quotas for immigration.

  39. VI. Y.J.U.s Y.J.U.: Illegal immigrants should not be allowed to use resources paid for by American tax payers

  40. VII. Guest Speaker • Steven J. Bauer • Special Agent, U.S. Treasury • Topic: Immigration and Naturalization

  41. VIII. Review • Impact of Immigration • Haitian refugee status • Manifest v. Latent impact of • CA Prop. 187

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