A. Work in pairs. Look only at this page. Tell your partner these facts about immigration history in order.
1. There were about twenty-five million "native Americans" (Indians) living in North and South America.
2. The English were the largest immigrant group to settle in North America. They were farmers, fishermen, and traders.
3. By the time of the American Revolution, there were also many immigrants from Scotland, Ireland, France, Holland, Germany, Sweden, and Poland. Most of these settlers were Protestants.
4. The Spanish settled mainly in the Southwest, especially California. They were managers, priests, and soldiers.
5. American slave traders captured black Africans and forced them to work on plantations in the United States.
B. Now listen to your partner and number these facts 6-10 in correct time order.
___ After the Gold Rush in California, 100,000 poor Chinese came to work in mining camps and on the railroad.
___ The U.S. government abolished quotas for immigration from non-European nations. Today, most immigrants are from Asian and Latin American countries.
_6_ During the Industrial Revolution, about 3.5 million Irish Catholics left poverty and discrimination to work in America. They were coal miners and railroad and canal builders. At the same time, many Germans became farmers, laborers, and businessmen in the United States.
___ During the "Great Migration," twenty-five million Europeans of almost every nationality immigrated to America. They included Russian and Polish Jews, Slavic people from Eastern Europe, Italians, Greeks, Armenians, and Syrians. Canadians, Mexicans, and Central Americans came, too.
___ The United States welcomed thousands of refugees after the end of World War II.
C. Work in pairs. Look only at this page. Your partner will tell you some important facts about immigration history. Number them 1 -5 in correct time order.
__ American slave traders captured black Africans and forced them to work on plantations in the United States.
__ By the time of the American Revolution, there were also many immigrants from Scotland, Ireland, France, Holland, Germany, Sweden, and Poland. Most of these settlers were Protestants.
__ The English were the largest immigrant group to settle in North America. They were farmers, fishermen, and traders.
__ The Spanish settled mainly in the Southwest, especially California. They were managers, priests, and soldiers.
_1_There were about twenty-five million "native Americans" (Indians) living in North and South America.
D. Now tell your partner these facts about immigration history in order.
6. During the Industrial Revolution, about 3.5 million Irish Catholics left poverty and discrimination to work in America. They were coal miners and railroad and canal builders. At the same time, many Germans became farmers, laborers, and businessmen in the United States.
7. After the Gold Rush in California, 100,000 poor Chinese came to work in mining camps and on the railroad.
8. During the "Great Migration," twenty-five million Europeans of almost every nationality immigrated to America. They included Russian and Polish Jews, Slavic people from Eastern Europe, Italians, Greeks, Armenians, and Syrians. Canadians, Mexicans, and Central Americans came, too.
9. The United States welcomed thousands of refugees after the end of World War II.
10. The U.S. government abolished quotas for immigration from non-European nations. Today, most immigrants are from Asian and Latin American countries.
E. Immigration Law
YEAR
THE ACT OR LAW
THE EFFECT OF THE LAW
The Chinese Exclusion Act
prohibited the Chinese from entering the country.
T. Roosevelt's "Gentlemen's Agreement"
stopped Japanese laborers from coming to the United States.
The Literacy Test Act
kept out illiterate immigrants (people unable to read or write in any language).
An immigration act
set up a quota system (yearly limits on the numbers of immigrants from each country). The law allowed higher quotas for some nations than for others.
The National Origins Act
excluded all Japanese, Chinese, and other Asians from the United States.
The Displaced Persons Act
allowed 500,000 war victims to immigrate to the United States.
The Fulbright Act
brought in scholars from around the world. Many of them stayed in this country.
The McCarran-Walter Act
opened the United States to Asian immigration. But the quota system still discriminated against non-Europeans.
The Refugee Relief Act
admitted over 200,000 refugees outside the quota system.
An immigration act
set area quotas instead of national ones: 120,000 immigrants per year from the Western hemisphere (Canada and Central and South America) and 170,000 per year from the rest of the world.
The Immigration Reform Control Act
gave amnesty to many illegal aliens and allowed them to legalize their status. The law puts penalties on employers that hire employees without work authorization.
