1. The American Dream and Immigration

2. 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

3. 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

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

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

6. Task www.orso2ndperiod.wikispaces.com
Complete the rest of the activities.
Take all notes unless the slide says read only in the bottom right.
Add all info to your web.
- 2nd marking period
- Today’s date

7. 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.

8. 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

9. 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.
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10. Independent Work
Why is the American Dream more of an economic pull factor than a political pull factor?

11. 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.
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12. 4. Push and Pull Factors
On the web add one economic push factor and one economic pull factor.

13. Lets try to piece their story together….
How do you think life was for them by looking at these picture?
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14. Tracing the Path of these Immigrants

15. Happy Times in Vietnam

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

17. 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.”
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18. 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?

19. 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?

20. The Journey that many took…

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

22. Last stop BEFORE getting to the United States

23. Hard Work and 25 years later……

24. Their Dreams Came True

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