1. American Diversity
By: Darcy Shank

2. WHAT IS DIVERSITY?
Diversity is having variety and in America that is what we have!
"We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams" (Jimmy Carter).
In our society, we respect variety in culture and ethnic background, race, lifestyle and belief. Differences in language, dress, food, where parents were born, race and religion are acceptable.

3. HOW DOES DIVERSITY CHANGE AMERICA?
American diversity has a huge impact on our country. Without diversity, the United States would not be the same. Diversity brings many things including...
new religions
foods
cultures
music
clothing
craftsmanship

4. IMMIGRATION TIMELINE
first European interaction with Native Americans
first slaves brought to Virginia
1800's - Western Europe, mostly Germany
Protestant or Catholic
high literacy
Chinese
came due to economic hardships
brought culture and customs
faced the Chinese Exclusion Act (1923)
California Gold Rush, people from all over come to the Pacific Coast for gold

5. IMMIGRATION TIMELINE CON'T
Irish Potato Famine
famine caused Irish to migrate to America
brought their culture with them
1880's - Southern and Eastern European immigrants
Old world was getting too large
liked the idea of Capitalism
impoverished and illiterate
took factory jobs
Japanese
went to Hawaii for sugar plantation jobs
California to be farm workers or servants
assimilated badly, but brought culture

6. IMMIGRATION TIMELINE CON'T
Filipinos
go to Hawaii for sugar plantation work
brought their traditions and customs
US granted Puerto Ricans citizenship
many rushed to New York for city jobs
naturally brought their own lifestyle
Immigration act
limits European Immigration
greatly reduces immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe
1930's 's - high immigration from Europe due to Jews fleeing from Nazis

8. AFRICAN AMERICANS 1619 - first slaves to America
Harriet Tubman escapes slavery
becomes major leader in the Underground Railroad
Uncle Tom's Cabin
written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
stirs anti-slavery ideas
Emancipation Proclamation
all slaves now free
Civil War ends
th Amendment
blacks are now citizens

9. AFRICAN AMERICANS CON'T
th Amendment
blacks can vote
NAACP founded
Jackie Robinson, first black major league baseball player
1950's-1960's - Civil Disobedience
peaceful protest, March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil Rights Act
outlawed discrimination
Voting Rights Act
outlawed discrimination to voting

11. WOMEN 1848 - Seneca Falls Convention
women start to be individualized
WWI causes women to work
th Amendment
women can vote
Fair Labor Standards Act
equal minimum wage regardless of gender
Equal Pay Act
equal wages for work regardless of sex, race, religion etc.

12. WOMEN CON'T 1966 - NOW 1972 - Title IX
National Organization for women founded by Betty Friedan
Title IX
bans sex discrimination in schools
Sandra Day O'Connor first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court
Geraldine Ferraro
first woman vice president candidate

14. IMPORTANT EVENTS 1798 - Alien and Sedition Acts
1896- Plessy vs. Ferguson
Separate but equal
Indian Citizenship Act
Roosevelt bans discrimination
Americans with Disabilities Act - cannot discriminate against Americans with disabilities
"Don't ask, don't tell" President Clinton's policy on gays in the military

15. TIMELINE LINKS http://www.unc.edu/~perreira/198timeline.htm l
- Immigration Timeline
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- Diversity Timeline
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- U.S. Policies on Immigration Timeline