1. Demographic History of the US

2. Original Settlers English- All Dutch- NY, NJ
Scots-Irish- Western Edge of Va, NC, SC
German- Pa
Swedes- NJ

4. Great Puritan Migration

5. Africans

6. Indentured Servants vs. Slaves
Problem: Bacon’s Rebellion/ Fear of Further Revolt
Solution: Rise in Slavery

7. Movement of Indians
1600’s: Indian Wars/ Cleared out of Va and New England
1790’s-1815: NW War/ War of 1812/ Cleared out of NW
1830’s-:Trail of Tears/ Cleared out of Southeast

9. French Immigration Cause: French Revolution Problem: Fear of Anarchy
Solution: Alien and Sedition Acts

10. Rebirth of Slavery Cause: Cotton Gin Problem: Sectionalism
Solution: Compromises

12. Jacksonian Immigration
Germans:
Cause- Revolutions in Europe
Problem- Educated/ Skilled/ Money
Irish:
Cause- Potato Famine
Problem- Uneducated/ Poor/ Catholic

15. Solution: Know Nothings

16. Movement West
1840’s-1900

17. Chinese Immigration Cause: Chaos in China/ Railroads
Problem: Alien Culture/ No Assimilation
Solution: Chinese Exclusion Act

20. Japanese Immigration Cause: Modernization of Japan
Problem: Yellow Peril/ Hawaii
Solution: Gentlemen’s Agreement

21. New Immigration Cause: Revolutions/ Famine/ Persecution
Problem: Anarchists/ Jews/ Labor/ Religion/ Assimilation
Solution: Emergency Quota Acts/ Hull House

23. Hull House: Jane Addams

27. Great Migration Cause: Racism/ WWI Problem: More Racism/ Jobs
Solution: KKK/ Small Race Riots

28. Braceros Cause: WWII Need for Labor Problem: Don’t return after war
Solution: Op. Wetback

29. Baby Boom Cause: Ummmmm
Problem: Overcrowding in Cities/ Ethnic Tension
Solution: White Flight/ Middle Class/ Consumer Culture

30. Historical populations
Census
Pop. %±
1840
3,371 —
1850
9,479
181.2%
1860
14,358
51.5%
1870
20,045
39.6%
1880
41,659
107.8%
1890
58,313
40.0%
1900
75,935
30.2%
1910
94,538
24.5%
1920
116,309
23.0%
1930
118,700
2.1%
1940
117,536
−1.0%
1950
124,555
6.0%
1960
117,159
−5.9%
1970
102,551
−12.5%
1980
84,910
−17.2%
1990
87,492
3.0%
2000
79,318
−9.3%
2010
77,344
−2.5%

32. Post War Immigration Cause: Cold War/ Poverty
Problem: Immigration Act of 1965
Solution: Immigration Reform Act of 1986