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Do Now: Graph Analysis Answer the questions about the graph .

Do Now: Graph Analysis Answer the questions about the graph . When does this graph show spikes in immigration (list all years that apply)? Why could this be? When is there a dip in immigration? Why could this be?. The Big Question: How did we all get here?.

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Do Now: Graph Analysis Answer the questions about the graph .

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  1. Do Now: Graph AnalysisAnswer the questions about the graph. When does this graph show spikes in immigration (list all years that apply)? Why could this be? When is there a dip in immigration? Why could this be?

  2. The Big Question:How did we all get here?

  3. A Brief History of US Immigration/Migration SWABT describe major events in the history of US immigration and migration.

  4. How it all began…1492: The “discovery” of America by Europeans Columbus landed in Hispaniola – European conquest and genocide of Native Americans began

  5. 1607: Jamestown and 1620: Plymouth – the early English Settlers Jamestown – the first permanent European settlement in the New World English settled Jamestown to find gold in 1607 and Plymouth in 1620 for religious freedom (Pilgrims)

  6. The Pilgrims Pilgrims came on the Mayflower and later settled Plymouth Colony Pilgrims conflicted with the Wampanoag Native Americans, but they also received important survival tips. How does this picture depict their relations?

  7. 1692: African Slave Trade Begins Largest example of forced migration in US history Millions of Africans were stolen and trafficked to Europe and the Americas for the next 100+ years…

  8. Diagram of an African slave ship printed in Thomas Clarkson, The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the Slave-Trade by the British Parliament, Vol. 2 (London, 1808). The Gilder Lehrman Collection.

  9. 1820’s – 1860’s: First Wave of Immigrants • Wide-spread wave of immigration from Northern and Western Europe (i.e. England, Germany, Scotland, Ireland)

  10. 1838: Trail of Tears • Forced relocation of Cherokee , Creek, Seminole, and Chocktaw from their homeland to Indian Territory in Oklahoma

  11. Trail of Tears Mass forced migration of Native Americans

  12. 1863: Emancipation! • Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation frees the slaves, technically (see note). Note: Slavery does not actually end until the Confederacy (south) concedes to the Union (north) ending the Civil War in 1865

  13. 1880 – 1910’s:Second Wave of Immigration • More of a flood than a wave • 2cd and largest wave of European immigration • From Southern and Eastern Europe Slavic Immigrants

  14. Immigration Act of 1924 • Immigration Act limits who can come to America • Establishes quotas, or a certain number of immigrants from each country

  15. 1910’s – 1930’s: The Great Migration • Mass migration of African Americans from the rural South to Northern cities (i.e. Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh)

  16. Immigration Act of 1965 • Ends quotas • Immigration of Asians* and Latin Americans intensifies President Lyndon Johnson signs the bill into law

  17. 2001: September 11 Attacks • Terrorist attack on World Trade Center and the Pentagon • As a result, American hostility against immigrants (esp. from Middle East) intensifies

  18. Exit Slip: Answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper Name the two earliest English settlements in America. What was the largest example of forced migration in U.S. history? Where did immigrants come from in the first and second waves of immigration? Which event marked the massive relocation of several Native American tribes? Who was moving during the Great Migration and where were they going?

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