The American Dream and Immigration

Copy this web into your notebook 2. The American Dream 1. High Standard of Living Factors that Affect Immigration to the United States 3. Market Economy 4. Political and Economic Pull Factors

What is standard of living? 1. The standard of living - the quality and quantity of goods and services available to people. High Standard of Living = Developed Nations Low Standard of Living = Developing Nations

The United States GDP per capita = $44,000 DEVELOPED NATION

GDP per capita is less than $15,000. DEVELOPING NATIONS

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Task – Explain the American dream in your own words? Is this true? Give one example that show it is true and one that shows it is false. 2. The American Dream Idea held by many in the United States of America that through hard work, courage and determination one can achieve prosperity.

3. Free Market Economy Definition  Production is controlled by the DEMAND of CONSUMERS. People come to US to work. There is a demand for more workers. College Skill - Welding Business

The American Dream and Immigration The American Dream, along with escape from persecution, and/or war in one's home country, has always been the primary reason for immigrants wanting to come to America. Throughout its history, America has been seen as the land of economic opportunity. READ ONLY

Independent Work Why is the American Dream more of an economic pull factor than a political pull factor?

The American Dream and Immigration to the U.S. By the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, large numbers of immigrants were from Eastern and Southern Europe. Huge numbers of Italians, Poles, Greeks, Jews, Russians and others came to find work in industrial cities such as New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Detroit. The American Dream appears to have enduring appeal to citizens from many in other countries. The United States remains a magnet for immigrants today, receiving 1 million legal entrants annually--the highest such rate in the world. A majority of today’s immigrants hail from Latin America and Asia. READ ONLY

4. Push and Pull Factors On the web add one economic push factor and one economic pull factor.

Lets try to piece their story together…. How do you think life was for them by looking at these picture? READ ONLY

Tracing the Path of these Immigrants

Happy Times in Vietnam

Then Things change...Vietnam War What are the PUSH factors??

Life after the Collapse of South Vietnam In the words of Khoan Tran: “ When the Second Republic of South Vietnam collapsed on April 30, 1975, almost all officers who served in the South Army Forces’ resistance to North Vietnam Communist regime and anyone who collaborated with the South Vietnam government were put in re-education camps for years.” “Then the Vietnam Communist government removed all former officers’ families who lived in the cities out of their homes.” READ ONLY

Why would some people want to leave?? If this person fought for South Vietnam during the Vietnam War…Why would he want to flee after the Communist take control of Vietnam?

Discussion Using the previous two slide as a reference, what PUSH factors did the Vietnamese people experience? Is this similar to immigrants all over the world?

The Journey that many took…

Chasing the American Dream…. The Immigrants escaped Vietnam and started to piece their lives back together…

Last stop BEFORE getting to the United States

Hard Work and 25 years later……

Their Dreams Came True

Accessibility of the American Dream Is the American Dream accessible to people in the United States? Why?