美国移民（英文）.ppt

Three waves of Immigration Created a Strong U.S. The side walls of the exhibition hall are lined with countless photos of the earliest immigrants of the U.S. If we see from the side of the walls, the rows of photos will turn into many parallel bars, and all bars make up a huge American flag--- the Stars and Stripes. The 50 stars in the left corner represent the 50 states. The whole image seems to tell the visitors that the U.S. was created by those immigrants from all over the world, which resulted in the open and relatively harmonious atmosphere in America. “Great human migration movements” 1820-1920, 33.5million immigrants accepted The first wave of immigration 1820-1860, 5 million immigrants Most of them were from Western Europe and Northern Europe: 2 million Irish, about 1.7 million Germans A large number of them were African slaves Few of them were from Asia, mainly Chinese who were going to make fortune in America According to the official records from 1820: 1820-1880( 60years), 11,637,834 immigrants Compared with early days, the source of the immigrants changed: Germans and Irish replace English and became the largest groups. The waves of immigration took place in Eastern and Southern Europe. There were Asian official immigrants. The second wave of immigration 1861-1880，5 million immigrants came to U.S. After the Civil War, the United States’ industrialization got a peak which resulted in the great demand for labors. In 1864, President Lincoln persuaded the congress to pass the laws to attract immigrants to U.S. The third wave of immigration 1881-1920,the number reached to 23.5million. In 1907, 1.285 million immigrants The U.S. government made laws to restrict the number of European immigrants and to exclude Asian immigrants more than once. The number of “Old Immigrants” from UK, Germany, Sweden and other north-western Europe was limited. The number of “New Immigrants” from south-eastern Europe such as Italy and Russia had increased