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EthnicandRacialDiversity
EthnicandRacialDiversity
“Hereisnotmerelyanation,butateeming (fullofpeople,animalsetc.thatareallmovingaround)nationofnations––––WaltWhitman”
“Givemeyourtired,yourpoor,
Yourhuddledmassesyearningtobreathefree,Thewretchedrefuseofyourteemingshore.
Sendthese,thehomeless,tempest-tossed,tome.Iliftmylampbesidethegoldendoor.”
(Alinefromapoem,TheNewColossus,‖bythenineteenth-centuryAmericanpoetEmmaLazarus.“TheNewColossus,”describingtheStatueofLiberty,appearsonaplaqueatthebaseofthestatue.)s
给我你们那劳累、贫穷、卷曲拥塞而渴望呼吸自由的身躯，可怜被遗弃在海岸的人群们，
交给我吧，
那些无家可归、颠簸流离的人们，我在金色之门高举火炬。
Aside from the
Aside from the Native
AmericanswhowerelivingontheNorthAmericancontinentwhenthefirstEuropeansettlesarrived,allAmericanscamefromforeigncountries
–ortheirancestors.
Abriefhistoryofimmigration
Abriefhistoryofimmigration
1607—1830—1890—1924—1968—present
1607—1830
Importantevents:(1620)MayflowerbroughtPilgrimFatherstoAmerica.
(1775-1783)IndependenceWarledtoindependenceoftheUnitedStates
Mainimmigrantgroups:British
SomeotherNorthernEuropeancountries.AfricanswerebroughttoAmericanasslaves.
(Theslavestradethrivedthroughthe18thcentury.Africathusmadeasubstantial addition to the American population. There were about500,000AfricanAmericansherebythetimeoftheAmericanRevolution.Thegreatmajoritywereslaves.Theuniquequalityofthismigrationhadplantedtheseedsofdifficultythatwouldpermanentlymarkthenation.)
1830—1890
Importantevents:(1861-1865)CivilWarendedslavery.
(Three“waves”:thecenturyfollowing1820canbedividedintothreeperiodsofimmigration,or“waves”.Thesethreehaveimmigrantscomesfromprimarilythreedifferentregions.)
Mainimmigrantgroups:
1stWave:(1820-1860)GreatBritain,Ireland,andWesternGermany.
2ndWave:(1860-1890)GreatBritain,Ireland,andWesternGermanyasw
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