Immigrants in America : description, reasons, impacts

Exposé Politique & international Relations internationales

Date de publication :

04/09/2006

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Anglais

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24 pages

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Description of the inmigrants and how they do it.
1. Description of the various types of immigrants.
2. Methods of transportation and ports of arrival.
Why such a passion of the inmigrants for America.
1. Reasons for immigration .
2. Laws restricting immigration.
Effects: impacts on America.
1. Assimilation. If so, to what degree?
2. Treatment/reception by other Americans.

Résumé :

It has long been a spirited topic of debate as to who got here first. The mosaic palate of peoples and cultures which represents today's america heightens the intensity of such a debate. Discoveries made by various anthropologists of human remains over the past few decades provide evidence that long before Ellis Island opened its doors to welcome those seeking political and religious freedom as well as the "adventurer, the wanderer, the persecuted, the fortune seekers, and others" america was a kaleidoscope of ethnic and cultural groups! Thus, the history of US immigration spans a long period of migration of many different peoples from various parts of the world. One common belief is that america was originally peopled by wanderers from Northeast Asia about 20,000 years ago. These wanderers were believed by some to be the founding population (and ancestors!) of today's Native Americans. Others believe that the first Americans came from Polynesia, South Asia or even Europe. Even others believe that the very first Americans were killed by later arrivals and that they left no descendants. The debate rages on! However, not to be lost in this debate is the fact that whether 20,000, 10,000 or 1,000 years ago, most immigrant groups to america came full of hopes and dreams of the "Promised Land". Around the year 1000, a small number of Vikings arrived. Five hundred years later, the great European migration began. In some cases, the co-existence of Europeans and Native Americans was peaceful. In other cases, there were cultural clashes, leading to violence and disease. Many settlers from Europe and Asia came to seek their fortune in a new country which was thought to have unlimited resources. Many people from Africa, however, were bought here against their will to work as forced laborers in the building of a new nation. As early as 1619, slaves from Africa and the Caribbean were brought forcibly to america. The information appearing below will cover only the past 400 years of US immigration.