1. By: Andrew Jackson

2. What is this?

3. Who were the first immigrants? The Europeans were technically the first immigrants. They came, uninvited, into an inhabited land and forcibly made themselves at home.

4. Why did they come? -Searching for escape from persecution? - Fighting for a better future for them and their children?

5. Imagine the Native Americans had treated us how we treat modern day immigrants?

6. Are you 100% Native American? If not…. Would you be where you are now if the Indians had successfully prevented the first immigrants from surviving?

7. So if your not 100% Native American, you’re not an American? -Is this true? -So what does it mean to be an American? -To be born here? -How many generations of your ancestors does it take? Are you an American? Lets Discuss….

9. Do we live up to this high standard? Do we welcome all the needy, the poor, the homeless?

10. The first major group of immigrants to come into the United States were the Irish.

11. This racist cartoon was published in one the leading newspapers in the U.S. It protests the immigration of the animal-like new masses into the country? Who is it talking about?

12. The IRISH! Why didn’t they like the Irish? -They were taking low-paying jobs -They had a different culture than they did – They were Catholic!!! The horror!

13. Why should anti-Irish immigrant racism from the 1800s offend you? You’re an American not an immigrant, right?

14. Guess what? If you’re from the Appalachian region, like most people in Tennessee, you’re Irish, or at least have Irish ancestors.

15. This cartoon offers scientific proof that Irish people and “negros” or what we call African- Americans are more like animals and should not be considered normal human….

16. Does that offend you? It was considered fact and printed in major newspapers.

17. Who are the major immigrants now? Hispanic Immigrants are the majority and have been for some time.

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22. How is America reacting to this growth? The same way they have reacted to all other immigrants?

23.  How are you reacting?  Do you think negatively of Hispanics like your ancestors thought about the Irish, the Jews, the Chinese?  How can you change these thoughts and behaviors?  Lets Discuss….