CHAPTER 1 NOTES

THE AMERICAN PEOPLESECTION 3: THE DIVERSITY OF

AMERICANS

CIVICS: STUDY OF RIGHTS & DUTIES OF CITIZENS

• HISTORY: ANCIENT GREECE & ROME• CITIZENSHIP DEFINED IN HISTORY

BY RACE, PROPERTY, GENDER ETC• 2DAY NO LEGAL REQUIREMENTS

EXCEPT AGE TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME ACTIVITIES

• CITIZENS: SOCIAL CONTRACT

E PLURIBUS UNUM

• OUT OF MANY, ONE

• DIVERSITY OF AMERICANS

• MELTING POT THEORY

A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS

• FIRST IMMIGRANTS• PERHAPS WERE

NATIVE AMERICANS • TRAVELED BY WAY

OF BERINGIA OR THE PRESENT DAY BERING STRAIGHT

• PRE HISTORIC TIMES

SECOND WAVE

• SPANISH • 1500S• FLORIDA,

CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST

THIRD WAVE

• ENGLISH - 13 COLONIES

• FRENCH - CANADA & MISS RIVER

• 1600S

FOURTH WAVE

• LATE 1600S & 1700S

• GERMANS: PENN• DUTCH: NEW

NETHERLANDS• IRISH: NE• SCOTISH: NC &

SC

FIFTH WAVE

• EUROPEANS 1860S TO 1890– DENMARK– SWEDEN– NORWAY

SIXTH WAVE

• SOUTHERN & EASTERN EUROPEANS • 1890S 1924• ITALIANS, GREEKS, POLES, RUSSIANS

FORCED IMMIGRATION

• 1618 TO 1808• BECAME ILLEGAL

IN 1808

DIVERSITY

• ETHNIC DIVERSITY– WHITE EUROPEAN:

234 MILLION– AFRICAN AMERICAN

37 MILLION– LATINO AMERICAN

39 MILLION– ASIAN/PACIFIC IS 12

MILLION– NATIVE AMERICAN

2.8 MILLION

• RELIGIOUS DIVERSITYCHRISTIANSCATHOLICJEWISHMUSLIMBUDDHISTETC

MANY TRADITIONS

• MELTING POT THEORY

• SALAD BOWL THEORY

TRANSFORMING AMERICA: SHIFTING POPULATION

• 1830-1930 IMMIGRANTS• 1850S RURAL TO URBAN

– AGRI TO FACTORY JOBS– TODAY FACTORY TO SERVICE INDUSTRY

• 1860S AFRICAN AMERICANS MOVE NORTH• 1900S MOVE TO SOUTH AND WEST• 1980S-1990S CITY TO SUBURBS• IMPORTANT TO ECONOMY AND

GOVERNMENT:

POPULATION FACELIFT

• POPULATION IS AGING

• ED IS INCREASING• LATINO’S FASTEST

GROWING MINORITY GROUP

• AFFECT ECONOMY +/-

• AFFECT REP IN CONGRESS +/-

AMERICAN VALUES AND INSTITUTIONS

AMERICAN VALUES

• BASIC AMERICAN VALUES SHARED BY MOST AMERICAN CITIZENS – FREEDOM, EQUALITY, JUSTICE,

OPPORTUNITY, DEMCRACY, UNITY, RESPECT & TOLERANCE

• FOUND IN FOUNDING DOCUMENTS– DECLARATION, US CONSTITUTION,

BILL OF RIGHTS

AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS

• FAMILY: TODAY’S ISSUES• RELIGION: TODAY’S ISSUES• EDUCATION: TODAY’S ISSUES• SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS: TODAY’S

ISSUES• GOVERNMENT: TODAY’S ISSUES

TODAY VALUES AND INSTITUTIONS UNIFY OUR

PEOPLE VALUES

LANGUAGE

INSTITUTIONS

CULTURE