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	Immigration to the United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The United States of America has had a long history of immigration, from the first Spanish and English settlers to arrive on the shores of the what would become the United States to the waves of immigrants from Europe in the 19th century to immigration in the present day.
		The population of the colonies that later became the United States grew from zero Europeans in the mid-1500s to 3.2 million Europeans and 700,000 African slaves in 1790.
		The 1850 United States census was the first federal U.S. census to query about the "nativity" of citizens—where they were born, either in the United States or outside of it—and is thus the first point at which solid statistics become available.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/I/Immigration-to-the-United-States.htm (2417 words)

	United States Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The United States also holds several other territories, districts and possessions, notably the federal district of the District of Columbia, which is the nation's capital, and several overseas insular areas, the most significant of which are Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands.
		The United States does not have an official language at federal level; nevertheless, American English is the first and/or only language of the overwhelming majority of the population and serves as the de facto official language: English is the language used for legislation, regulations, executive orders, treaties, federal court rulings, and all other official pronouncements.
		Spanish follows English as the second-most spoken language in the United States, primarily due to the influence of recent Latin American immigrants and the fact that almost a fifth of its continental territory was originally part of Mexico, and it is a primary spoken language in some areas of the Southwest.
	www.alienartifacts.com /encyclopedia/United_States (5975 words)

	United States Immigration, History of
		Encyclopaedia of USA History: Immigration to the USA 1860-1960 Comprehensive guide to European immigration to the United States, including migration patterns by country of origin as well as immigrants' experiences through their journeys and in their new homes in America.
		History of Chinese Immigration From the Brown Quarterly (Spring 2000).
		Chinese Immigration to the United States 1851-1900 Overview of Chinese immigration from 1851 to 1900, including primary source documents reflecting observations of and reactions to Chinese immigrants in California during that time.
	www.crf-usa.org /immigration/immigration_history.htm (670 words)

	IMMIGRATION AND THE UNITED STATES, Term Papers 2000, Term papers, 051122
		Laws passed regarding legal and illegal immigration are discussed, and the impact the immigrant population has on the labor force in the United States is examined.
		Immigration and Unemployment in the United States, 2004.
		The author states the fact that young people constitute the major portion of the Latino immigrants in the United States, suggesting they were responding primarily to labor market forces, though the opportunity for a free and safe life may also have been a tempting aspect.
	www.termpapers2000.com /lib/essay/Immigration-and-the-United-States.html?a=search1 (2895 words)

	Digital History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Immigration Act of levies a tax of 50 cents per immigrant and makes several categories of immigrants ineligible to enter the United States, including "lunatics" and people likely to become public charges.
		Under the Gentleman's Agreement with Japan, the United States agrees not to restrict Japanese immigration in exchange for Japan's promise not to issue passports to Japanese laborers for travel to the continental United States.
		McCarran Walter Immigration Act, passed over President Harry Truman's veto, affirms the national-origins quota system of 1924 and limits total annual immigration to one-sixth of one percent of the population of the continental United States in 1920.
	www.digitalhistory.uh.edu /historyonline/immigration_chron.cfm (1151 words)

	Immigration To the United States Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		IRCA also contained an amnesty for illegal immigrants already in the United States, and mandated the intensification of the activities of the United States Border Patrol, increasing the militarization of the US-Mexico border.
		Asylum is offered as part of the United States' obligation under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees.
		history of ethnic germans in romania immigrated to the United states
	alienartifacts.com /encyclopedia/Immigration_to_the_United_States (4108 words)

	99.03.01: Immigration in the United States
		Immigration is the act of coming to a foreign country to live.
		The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 offered amnesty to illegal aliens who had lived in the United States continuously since before January 1, 1982, or who had worked at least 90 days at farm labor in the United States between May 1, 1985, and May 1, 1986.
		Ellis Island became the famous federal immigration station where the largest wave of immigration in history was processed.
	www.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/units/1999/3/99.03.01.x.html (8544 words)

	British Laws Anger the Colonists (from United States history) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Besides the 48 contiguous states that occupy the middle latitudes of the continent, the United States includes the state of Alaska, at the northwestern extreme of North America, and the island state of Hawaii, in the mid-Pacific Ocean.
		The coterminous states are bounded on the north by Canada, on the east by the...
		Lesson plan on the immigration of Asians into America, mostly as laborers, the policies and laws that controlled and checked immigration, their contribution in the development of the country, and factors that changed the pattern of migration.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-209311?ct= (974 words)

	United States Immigration History and Historiography
		Old Immigration: 1840-1880; immigrants from north and western Europe came to the big cities of the northeastern United States, the rural Middle West and the western countryside.
		Immigration, until approximately 1965, had been primarily studied by sociologists; then historians began to develop the "Immigrant paradigm" as the basis for its study.
		Main theme of research is the transformation of immigrants into ethnic Americans. (a) Ethno-historians support the belief that ethnicity remained a vital force for immigrant groups and so continued their critique of the Chicago School of Sociology. (b) Sometimes histories of immigration are done by descendants of immigrant groups to facilitate the creation and maintenance of ethnic identities.
	www.msu.edu /~tiemando/imbasics.htm (612 words)

	Immigration to America
		American Immigration - This page list reasons for immigration, who the immigrants were, peaks/waves of immigration, methods of transportation to America, and lots of other information organized by time periods of American history.
		Immigration: The Journey to America - The Japanese - Essay covers the history of Japanese immigration to Hawaii and mainland America.
		Czechosolvakian Immigration - Immigration of Czechosolvakian people to the American Midwest is an essay of why and where these people settled.
	www.kn.pacbell.com /wired/fil/pages/listimmigratli.html (823 words)

	Internet Public Library: Pathfinders
		Indeed, the United States is unique in the fact that we are a melting pot for so many different cultures, races, and religions in the world.
		The Center for Immigration Studies is a think tank devoted exclusively to research and policy analysis of the economic, social, demographic, fiscal, and other impacts of immigration on the United States.
		The Immigration History Research Center (IHRC) at the University of Minnesota is an international resource on American immigration and ethnic history.
	www.ipl.org /div/pf/entry/48539 (1442 words)

	Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History - - Immigration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Other than Native American Indians, Mexicans, and Hawaiians, whose land was incorporated into the United States as the result of U.S. military expansion or annexation, and Blacks who were brought forcibly to serve as slaves, the entire population of the United States consists of immigrants or their descendants.
		This policy resulted in more female immigration for several reasons: the relative longevity of women compared with men; the fact that widows were more inclined than widowers to join their children and grandchildren; and the fact that female babies were more available and preferred as adoptees by U.S. parents.
		Although many immigrants came to the United States to escape economic, political, and religious oppression at home, women also came to escape from oppression unique to them, such as sexual harassment and other discriminatory treatment.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/women/html/wm_017200_immigration.htm (1550 words)

	US immigration history.
		The United States of America has had a long history of immigration, from the first Spanish and English settlers to arrive on the shores of the country to the waves of immigration from Europe in the 19th century to immigration in the present day.
		The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (the McCarran-Walter Act) revised the quotas again.
		Anti-immigrant ideologues allegedly misunderstand the immigration process and do not realize that many immigrant workers - who they see as replacing American citizens in jobs they can do - have immigrated completely legally, albeit without citizenship (this number exceeds the number of illegal immigrants on a per-country basis).
	www.visa2003.com /world-immigration/us-history.htm (1845 words)

	Renee's immigration sources
		Bromwell, William J. History of Immigration to the United States.
		Written in 1933, by a professor of sociology, this book is a study as Brown says “the nature of human nature when a people of a strange culture invades the social heritage of another group.” The book is about the reactions on both sides to incoming groups and religions.
		The essays come at immigration from several angles: the immigrant perspective, how to do a proper study of immigration and intellectual reactions to various immigration laws.
	www.louisville.edu /a-s/english/haymarket/reneeb/immigration01.html (665 words)

	Exhibit A
		The United States is overwhelmingly a nation of immigrants and their descendants.
		Quotas on foreign immigration unleashed a wave of internal migration between 1920 and 1965.
		Exhibit A: A Brief History of Immigration to the United States/
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Troy/6931/immg3.htm (1222 words)

	Immigration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Around the turn of the twentieth century, mass immigration from eastern and southern Europe dramatically altered the population's ethnic and religious composition.
		Since 1965, when the United States eliminated quotas that restricted the number of people who could come from certain parts of the world, the face of the nation has changed visibly.
		The recent movement of millions of migrants to the United States has had profound political and social repercussions, spurring intense public debate over such issues as bilingual education and immigration restriction.
	www.digitalhistory.uh.edu /modules/immigration/index.cfm (261 words)

	Amazon.com: A New World: The History of Immigration to the United States: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Chapter by chapter the book chronicles the influx of whole populations into the United States, form the earliest European settlers of the 17th century to the Asian immigration of the 20th.
		By tracing the history of immigration to America, this book reminds us all of who we are and where we come from.
		This comprehensive look at immigration delves deep into our collective soul as it describes in glorious detail the passion and vitality of immigrant life in America; where we came from and who we are.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/157145280X?v=glance (818 words)

	United States Immigration History
		The class should share information they found for their papers and discuss overall immigration patterns, reasons for the movements and cultural, economic, political or any other changes that resulted in the United States.
		Student evaluation will be based on their contribution to the class chart/graph, the quality of their individual papers or worksheets, and their participation in discussions about immigration information obtained by the class.
		Name at least three Internet sources you found which give information about immigration to the United States at the time period you are studying.
	www.uwlax.edu /faculty/skala/United-States-Immigration.htm (1273 words)

	Immigration to the United States--U.S. History lesson plan (grades 6-8)--DiscoverySchool.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Debate on the issue of immigration is encouraged from this resource, which touches on the history of immigration, immigration policy, and various published opinions.
		Understands demographic shifts and the influences on recent immigration patterns (e.g., the flow from cities to suburbs, reasons for internal migrations from the “Rustbelt” to the “Sunbelt” and their impact on politics; implications of the shifting age structure of the population).
		Understands how recent immigration and migration patterns impacted social and political issues (e.g., major issues that affect immigrants and resulting conflicts; changes in the size and composition of the traditional American family; demographic and residential mobility since 1970).
	school.discovery.com /lessonplans/programs/destinationamerica (2075 words)

	Internet Modern History Sourcebook: US Immigration
		Convention for the Mutual Abolition of the Droit d'Aubaine and Taxes on Emigration Between the United States of America and his Royal Highness the Duke of Nassau; May 27, 1846.[At Yale]
		This is the full text of a sixteen-page pamphlet, "Chinatown Declared a Nuisance!"; distributed by the Workingmen's Committee of California, it called for the abatement of Chinatown as a health menace.
		Immigration and the South, The Atlantic Monthly, November1905 [At The Atlantic]
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/modsbook28.html (637 words)

	US immigration History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) is now known as USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services).
		Thus, the history of US immigration spans a long period of migration of many different peoples from various parts of the world.
		The Declaration of Independence, announcing the separation of the colonies from Great Britain, and establishing themselves at the United States, is considered the most important of all American documents, and a national symbol of liberty.
	www.rapidimmigration.com /usa/1_eng_immigration_history.html (1919 words)

	Statistics Immigration and Naturalization Legislation From the Statistical Yearbook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The following compilation of federal immigration and naturalization statutes in the United States provides an overview of the legislative history of immigration to the United States.
		This review of the federal legislative process fosters a general understanding of the major issues as they developed in the area of immigration and naturalization in the United States.
		Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments of November 10, 1986 (100 Statutes-at-Large 3537)
	uscis.gov /graphics/shared/aboutus/statistics/legishist (1361 words)

	BOOKS WHICH DOCUMENT IMMIGRATION HISTORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Books Which Document the History of Immigration in the U.S. The following are some of the many books in the University Library at USC which document the history and development of immigration in the United States -- with an emphasis on recent books.
		If you are interested in a current aspect of of immigration, such as California's Proposition 187, use the periodical indexes which are listed in Locating journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.
		The Course of Exclusion, 1882-1924: San Francisco Newspaper Coverage of the Japanese in the United States
	www.usc.edu /isd/archives/ethnicstudies/immig_books.html (201 words)

	UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION-HISTORY LESSON PAGE by: Cynthia M. Roberge M.Ed. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The purpose of this page is to introduce my eighth grade students to our next unit of study, “IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES”.
		History Channel's coverage of U.S. Immigration up to 1965
		The American Immigration Home Page.(excellent source for history of immigration in the U.S.)
	www.lawrenceroberge.com /IMMIGRAT.html (319 words)

	Resources for Teachers and Students (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		An Immigrant Nation: United States Regulation of Immigration, 1798 - 1991
		Asylum History (You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to access
		Legal Immigration: 1998 (You will need Acrobat Reader)
	uscis.gov /graphics/aboutus/history/teacher/Resources.htm (290 words)

	Immigration - United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		See Asian American History for immigration related topics, as Angel Island
		Unit and lesson plans with supporting Internet resources.
		The Hart-Cellar Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965;
	falcon.jmu.edu /~ramseyil/immigrants.htm (122 words)

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