Ch.1.3 The Diversity of Americans

A Nation of Immigrants On U.S. Currency, you will find the words “E Pluribus Unum” Latin for “Out of Many, One” A reminder of how diverse Americans actually are.

A Nation of Immigrants All of today’s 300 million + Americans are descended from immigrants Even Native Americans who scholars have said crossed the land bridge connecting Asia to North America

A Nation of Immigrants The first Europeans settled permanently to North America from Spain and Portugal during the 1500’s (Gold, God, & Glory) Settlements ranged from Florida, California, and the Southwest U.S.

A Nation of Immigrants During the 1600’s the world belonged to France and England. French settlers inhabited Canada and the regions of the U.S. around the Mississippi River The English settled the East Coast, what we consider the 13 colonies

A Nation of Immigrants After our country gained independence, the number of immigrants grew from 600,000 to more than 2 million people from the 1830’s to the 1850’s. Most coming from countries such as Denmark, Norway, and Sweden

A Nation of Immigrants Between 1890 and 1924 saw another boom in population to the U.S. 22 million immigrants came to the shores of America from Central European countries such as Italy, Greece, Poland, and Russia. Why?

A Nation of Immigrants Over the past 50 years we have seen a shift of immigration from European countries to Latin American countries. Asian countries account for the second largest share of incoming foreigners

A Nation of Immigrants We can not forget about the people who were brought over to the new world against their will, Western and Central Africans Middle passage—between 1619 and ,000 enslaved people were brought over here via the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Conditions were horrible, many more died during the trip

A Diverse Population Americans are ethnically diverse. 1.White European 69% 2.Hispanic 14% 3.African American 12% 4.Asian American 4% 5.American Indian >1%

A Diverse Population Religious diversity thrives in the U.S. 1.Christianity79% - Catholics25% - Baptists17% 2.Non-believing, Athiests 15% 3.Jewish 2% 4.Muslim >1%