Slide 1 American Studies, HULIS, VNU Doan Thi Thu Trang General facts Major waves of immigrants Native Americans Issues related to immigration CONTENTS GENERAL FACTS A nation of immigrants Admitted more immigrants than any country in history, more than 50 million GENERAL FACTS Still admits between 500,000 and 1 million persons a year Immigrants come for wealth, land, and freedom An image of ‘a melting pot’ CONTENTS General facts Major waves of immigrants Native Americans Issues related to immigr.
Doan Thi Thu Trang American Studies, HULIS, VNU CONTENTS • General facts • • • Major waves of immigrants Native Americans Issues related to immigration GENERAL FACTS • A nation of immigrants • Admitted more immigrants than any country in history, more than 50 million GENERAL FACTS • Still admits between 500,000 and 1 million persons a year • Immigrants come for wealth, land, and freedom • An image of ‘a melting pot’ CONTENTS • General facts • • • Major waves of immigrants Native Americans Issues related to immigration MAJOR WAVES OF IMMIGRANTS 2.1 First immigrants 2.2 Old immigrants 2.3 New immigrants/Southern Europeans 2.4 Recent Immigrants FIRST IMMIGRANTS Who Spanish explorers French fur traders English Others: German farmers, Swedes, Dutch, etc Why New World’s gold Wealth Colonizat on, profit, religious freedom When About 1500s About 1500s 1600s Soon and1700s after that OLD IMMIGRANTS • were northern and western Europeans • arrived before Civil War, between 18401880 • Immigrated to escape poor harvest, famines or political unrest CONTENTS • General facts • • • Major waves of immigrants Native Americans Issues related to immigration NATIVE AMERICANS • Columbus (1492) discovered ‘New World’ with 1.5 million, called Native Americans ‘Indians’ • During the next 200 years, Native Americans suffered from the influx of Europeans NATIVE AMERICANS • To the Indians: – Europeans are unwanted trespassers – Had their own civilization • Poverty and unemployment among Native Americans still exist today CONTENTS • General facts • • • Major waves of immigrants Native Americans Issues related to immigration ISSUES RELATED TO IMMIGRANTS 4.1 Assimilation process 4.2 Immigration restriction 4.3 Identity crisis ASSIMILATION PROCESS Intermarriage between ethnic groups were accepted 4th or 5th generation No longer to speak their grandparents’ language: - Nostalgic about family heritage - Desired to regain ethnic identity 3rd generation Better able to identify as Americans: - Spoke mostly English - Practiced fewer ethnic traditions 2nd generation Obstacles from both sides: - Society discrimination - Their reluctance to give up their language and culture 1st generation IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION • Tightening immigration should be made: • Overpopulation is a threat • Nativist sentiment aroused • Quality of may be lowered • American’s national identity is preserved • Some Americans optimistically emphasize cultural wealth and diversity of the immigrants IDENTITY CRISIS • In the past, majority of Americans considered themselves WASPs • Newcomers expected to assimilate IDENTITY CRISIS • 1990s, Mass migration brought a new heterogeneity challenged WASPs to acknowledge Americans: Catholic or Jewish, almond-eyed or olive-skinned IDENTITY CRISIS • 1960s, American’s attitudes towards ethnic and religious differences altered, pressure to Americanize relaxed American Studies, ULIS, VNU ... aroused • Quality of may be lowered • American’s national identity is preserved • Some Americans optimistically emphasize cultural wealth and diversity of the immigrants IDENTITY CRISIS • In the. .. IMMIGRANTS NEW IMMIGRANTS/ SOUTHERN EUROPEANS • began in the late 1800s (after Civil War) • were Latin, Slavic, Jewish people from southern and eastern Europe (Italy, Hungry, Russia, Rumania, etc.) •... next 200 years, Native Americans suffered from the influx of Europeans NATIVE AMERICANS • To the Indians: – Europeans are unwanted trespassers – Had their own civilization • Poverty and unemployment