Chapter 1, section 3

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Chapter 1, section 3

• Who Are Americans?

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Warm-up

• What does
• E pluribus unum
• mean when
• translated
• in English?
• Why do you think
• they used this
• phrase?

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Objectives

• 1. Discuss changes in immigration from 1500s to
  the present.
• 2. Identify reasons for the rapid growth of
  United States population.
• 3. Describe shifts in American population.

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Vocabulary

• 1. Census -
• a process for counting a nations population
• 2. Quota -
• a specific limit on the number of persons allowed
  to enter a country
• 3. Refugee -
• a person who flees his or her homeland because of
  war, famine or political oppression
• 4. Migration -
• a mass movement of people from one area to another

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1.) Changes in Immigration

• B.) continued
• Settlers came to America for Gold, God, and Glory
• C.) Other Immigrants -
• Hundreds of thousands of black Africans were
  forced to come to America as slaves
• D.) Only 60 of colonists were English. 13
  colonies made up of many different cultures.

• A.) E pluribus unum reminds us that we are a
  country made up of immigrants.
• B.) Early European Settlers
• 1. England
• 2. France
• 3. Germany
• 4. Netherlands, Ireland, Scotland, and Sweden

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1.) Changes in Immigration continued...

• E.) The Great immigration - Poor and oppressed
  people from Germany, England, and Ireland flocked
  to the U.S.
• 1. 600,000 came in the 1830s
• 2. 2 milllion in the 1850s
• 3. Between 1860 and 1890 10 million Europeans
  came from Norway, Sweden, and Denmark

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1.) Changes in Immigration continued...

• F.) Restricting Immigration -
• 1882 the U.S. government passed the first laws
  restricting immigration
• G.) Another flood of Immigration -
• Despite restrictions, 22 million people entered
  the U.S. between 1890 -1930.
• H.) By 1920, the government passed new laws that
  put limits on the number of immigrants entering
  the U.S.. These were known as quotas.

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1.) Changes in Immigration continued...

• I.) Immigration Today -
• 1. Quotas still exist today.
• 2. Only 675,000 immigrants are allowed to enter
  the U.S. each year.
• 3. Only 27,000 may come from any one country.
• The major exception to the quota law involves
  refugees. People who have lost their homes
  because of war, famine, or political oppression
  can come in larger numbers. Some recent examples
  of this are the Vietnamese, Cambodians, Central
  America, and the Caribbean.

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2.) Growth of the U.S. Population

• A.) Growth has not just come from immigration
• 1. Population increased from 4 million in 1790 to
  12 million in 1830 as a result of natural child
  birth.
• 2. 1830 to 1930 population grew from 12 million
  to 120 million. Only 40 million were a result of
  immigration.
• 3. Americans were having large families during
  these years to insure the survivability of the
  American family. More children meant more
  laborers to contribute to the family by doing
  chores, work on family farms, and bring in
  additional money.

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2.) Growth of the U.S. Population continued...

• B.) Modern Life -
• 1. Life became more automated fewer people lived
  on farms and having large families became less
  important.
• 2. Americas birthrate has dropped steadily
  throughout the 1900s.
• 3. From 1930 to 1994, our population grew from
  123 million to 260 million, the slowest rate of
  increase in our nations history.

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3.) Shifts in American Population

• A.) Population Shifts
• 1. In the mid-1800s many people left rural farms
  to find manufacturing jobs in the cities.
• 2.) After the Civil War in the late 1800s, a
  second shift occurred. Having been freed, many
  African Americans migrated North to find new jobs
  and a new way of life. This migration lasted well
  into the late 1900s.

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3.) Shifts in American Population continued...

• B.) Shift to the Sunbelt
• 1. In the 1970s, many people left the North and
  the East and moved to the western and southern
  parts of the country in search of warmer weather
  and more room than the crowded, older northern
  and eastern cities.
• 2. Today, the largest states are California and
  Texas.
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3.) Shifts in American Population continued...

• C.) Urban Shifts
• 1. Nations older cities have lost population
  like Baltimore, New York, Chicago, and Detroit.
• 2. In many cities it is often hard to find
  decent, affordable housing.
• 3. Many people have fled the inner cities to
  places on the fringes of cities called the
  suburbs.

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3.) Shifts in American Population continued...

• D.) A Changing Nation
• 1.The nations population is also living longer
  and growing older.
• 2. More women than ever are taking jobs outside
  of the home and women now own 30 of all
  businesses.
• 3. The picture we see is of an ever changing and
  growing United States.

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Chapter 1, section 3 Review/ Assessment

• 1. How has immigration to America changed since
  the 1500s?
• Answer 1500s Spanish1600sEnglish,French,
  black Africans, Germans, Dutch, Irish, Scotch,
  Swedish 1800 - 1850 English, Germans, Irish
  1850-1890 Norwegians, Swedish, Danes 1890-1930
  Greeks, Poles, Russians 1980 - Present
  Southeast Asians, Central Americans
• 2. What were the reasons for the rapid growth in
  Americas population?
• Answer immigration, having larger families

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Chapter 1, section 3 Review/ Assessment
continued...

• 3. What shifts in United States population have
  occurred since the 1800s?
• Answer rural to urban African Americans from
  the South to the North from the North and East
  to the West and South from older cities to newer
  cities and suburbs

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Close

• Answer the following question on a separate sheet
  of paper in a complete sentence
• Explain why Americans should or should not
  respond voluntarily to the U.S. census.