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Demographic History of the US

Demographic History of the US. Original Settlers. English- All Dutch- NY, NJ Scots-Irish- Western Edge of Va, NC, SC German- Pa Swedes- NJ. Great Puritan Migration. Africans. Indentured Servants vs. Slaves. Problem: Bacon’s Rebellion/ Fear of Further Revolt Solution: Rise in Slavery.

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Demographic History of the US

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  1. Demographic History of the US

  2. Original Settlers • English- All • Dutch- NY, NJ • Scots-Irish- Western Edge of Va, NC, SC • German- Pa • Swedes- NJ

  3. Great Puritan Migration

  4. Africans

  5. Indentured Servants vs. Slaves • Problem: Bacon’s Rebellion/ Fear of Further Revolt • Solution: Rise in Slavery

  6. Movement of Indians • 1600’s: Indian Wars/ Cleared out of Va and New England • 1790’s-1815: NW War/ War of 1812/ Cleared out of NW • 1830’s-:Trail of Tears/ Cleared out of Southeast

  7. French Immigration • Cause: French Revolution • Problem: Fear of Anarchy • Solution: Alien and Sedition Acts

  8. Rebirth of Slavery • Cause: Cotton Gin • Problem: Sectionalism • Solution: Compromises

  9. Jacksonian Immigration • Germans: • Cause- Revolutions in Europe • Problem- Educated/ Skilled/ Money • Irish: • Cause- Potato Famine • Problem- Uneducated/ Poor/ Catholic

  10. Solution: Know Nothings

  11. Movement West • 1840’s-1900

  12. Chinese Immigration • Cause: Chaos in China/ Railroads • Problem: Alien Culture/ No Assimilation • Solution: Chinese Exclusion Act

  13. Japanese Immigration • Cause: Modernization of Japan • Problem: Yellow Peril/ Hawaii • Solution: Gentlemen’s Agreement

  14. New Immigration • Cause: Revolutions/ Famine/ Persecution • Problem: Anarchists/ Jews/ Labor/ Religion/ Assimilation • Solution: Emergency Quota Acts/ Hull House

  15. Hull House: Jane Addams

  16. Great Migration • Cause: Racism/ WWI • Problem: More Racism/ Jobs • Solution: KKK/ Small Race Riots

  17. Braceros • Cause: WWII Need for Labor • Problem: Don’t return after war • Solution: Op. Wetback

  18. Baby Boom • Cause: Ummmmm • Problem: Overcrowding in Cities/ Ethnic Tension • Solution: White Flight/ Middle Class/ Consumer Culture

  19. Post War Immigration • Cause: Cold War/ Poverty • Problem: Immigration Act of 1965 • Solution: Immigration Reform Act of 1986

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