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Immigration Text
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Timeline of Immigration to the United States
Use the information in this timeline to fill out the chart in your notebook.
30,000 B.C.
WHO: Paleo-Indians
WHY: While searching for shaggy bison (for food), America’s first settlers walk across the land bridge that connects Asia to
North America.
A.D. 1565
WHO: Spaniards
WHY: Adventurers and explorers seek the New World’s treasures and build the first permanent European settlement in
St. Augustine,Florida.
1607
WHO: Britons
WHY: The British also want the
New World’s riches. They build their first permanent settlement in
Jamestown, Virginia.
1600s
WHO: Africans
WHY: They are kidnapped and forced to work in the British colonies. The slave trade continues until 1808.
1750
WHO: Welsh, Germans, French, Swedes and Finns
WHY: These immigrants want religious freedom. They settle in Pennsylvania, the Carolinas and
Delaware.
1830-1870s
WHO: Germans, Irish, Britons, Canadians and Chinese
WHY: Looking for a better life and freedom, newcomers settle along the Eastern seaboard and in the
Midwest. Large numbers of Irish flee the misery and starvation caused by a famine in
Ireland. Chinese newcomers seek their fortune on the West Coast.
1880-1920
WHO: Italians and Eastern Europeans
WHY: The new arrivals seek wealth and freedom. In 1891 the first federal immigration agency is started. The bureau opens 24 inspection stations, including
Ellis Island in 1892.
1921
WHO: Canadians, Mexicans, Germans and Italians
WHY: Congress passes a law limiting the number of immigrants allowed to enter the
U.S. from specific countries. These limits, based on the existing
U.S. population, are called quotas. They give special treatment to the ethnic groups that already have a large population in the
U.S.
1965 TO THE PRESENT
WHO: Mexicans, Cubans, Asians (Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipinos, Koreans), citizens of the former U.S.S.R., and others
WHY: Quotas by country are ended by the Immigration Act of 1965. The doors open for a new wave of immigrants searching for greater opportunity and freedom.
Reflection on the Capitalism Unit
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