THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SECTION 3: THE DIVERSITY OF AMERICANS CHAPTER 1 NOTES THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SECTION 3: THE DIVERSITY OF AMERICANS

CIVICS: STUDY OF RIGHTS & DUTIES OF CITIZENS HISTORY: ANCIENT GREECE & ROME CITIZENSHIP DEFINED IN HISTORY BY RACE, PROPERTY, GENDER ETC 2DAY NO LEGAL REQUIREMENTS EXCEPT AGE TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME ACTIVITIES CITIZENS: SOCIAL CONTRACT

E PLURIBUS UNUM OUT OF MANY, ONE DIVERSITY OF AMERICANS MELTING POT THEORY

A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS FIRST IMMIGRANTS PERHAPS WERE NATIVE AMERICANS TRAVELED BY WAY OF BERINGIA OR THE PRESENT DAY BERING STRAIGHT PRE HISTORIC TIMES

SECOND WAVE SPANISH 1500S FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST

THIRD WAVE ENGLISH - 13 COLONIES FRENCH - CANADA & MISS RIVER 1600S

FOURTH WAVE LATE 1600S & 1700S GERMANS: PENN DUTCH: NEW NETHERLANDS IRISH: NE SCOTISH: NC & SC

FIFTH WAVE EUROPEANS 1860S TO 1890 DENMARK SWEDEN NORWAY

SIXTH WAVE SOUTHERN & EASTERN EUROPEANS 1890S 1924 ITALIANS, GREEKS, POLES, RUSSIANS

FORCED IMMIGRATION 1618 TO 1808 BECAME ILLEGAL IN 1808

DIVERSITY RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY ETHNIC DIVERSITY WHITE EUROPEAN: 234 MILLION AFRICAN AMERICAN 37 MILLION LATINO AMERICAN 39 MILLION ASIAN/PACIFIC IS 12 MILLION NATIVE AMERICAN 2.8 MILLION RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY CHRISTIANS CATHOLIC JEWISH MUSLIM BUDDHIST ETC

MANY TRADITIONS MELTING POT THEORY SALAD BOWL THEORY

TRANSFORMING AMERICA: SHIFTING POPULATION 1830-1930 IMMIGRANTS 1850S RURAL TO URBAN AGRI TO FACTORY JOBS TODAY FACTORY TO SERVICE INDUSTRY 1860S AFRICAN AMERICANS MOVE NORTH 1900S MOVE TO SOUTH AND WEST 1980S-1990S CITY TO SUBURBS IMPORTANT TO ECONOMY AND GOVERNMENT:

POPULATION FACELIFT POPULATION IS AGING ED IS INCREASING LATINO’S FASTEST GROWING MINORITY GROUP AFFECT ECONOMY +/- AFFECT REP IN CONGRESS +/-

AMERICAN VALUES AND INSTITUTIONS

AMERICAN VALUES BASIC AMERICAN VALUES SHARED BY MOST AMERICAN CITIZENS FREEDOM, EQUALITY, JUSTICE, OPPORTUNITY, DEMCRACY, UNITY, RESPECT & TOLERANCE FOUND IN FOUNDING DOCUMENTS DECLARATION, US CONSTITUTION, BILL OF RIGHTS

AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS FAMILY: TODAY’S ISSUES RELIGION: TODAY’S ISSUES EDUCATION: TODAY’S ISSUES SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS: TODAY’S ISSUES GOVERNMENT: TODAY’S ISSUES

TODAY VALUES AND INSTITUTIONS UNIFY OUR PEOPLE LANGUAGE INSTITUTIONS CULTURE