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Native Americans

The golden door

Language and nationality

A new system

Native Americans

Who were the first American immigrants? \answer\

When, who did discover the new world? \answer\

How many native Americans lived there? \answer\

Why did people come to America from different countries? \answer\

What was the governments solution to Indians?\answer\

What kind of land was giving to Indians? \answer\

What kind of brought the territors war? \answer\

How was live among Native Americans? \answer\

The golden door

Why named Ellis island the Golden door?

Between 1892, when it opened, and 1954, when it

closed, Ellis Island was the doorway to America for 12

million people. It is now preserved as part of Statue of

Liberty National Monument.

Ellis island was golden door for many people.

Why is popular Spanish language in

America?

Language and nationality It is not uncommon to walk down the streets of an

American city today and hear Spanish spoken and otherspeakers.

Languages (2007)

English (only) 225.5 million (80%)

Spanish incl. (Creole) 34.5 million

Chinese 2.5 million

French incl. (Creole) 2.0 million

Tagalog 1.5 million

Vietnamese 1.2 million

German 1.1 million

Korean1.1 million

What will happen if Americans declare English is the official

language?

Recognition of English as the officiallanguage, they argue would stigmatizespeakers of other language and make itdifficult for them to live their daily lives.

This is law abuot immigrants.

That law attempts to attract more skilled workers and

professionals to the US and draw immigrants from

countries that have supplied relatively few Americans in

recent years.

It does this by providing “diversity” visas. In 2000,

some 50,000 people entered the country under one of

three laws intended to diversify immigration.

What is “New system”?

Can you remember the top points of origin for immigrants?

Mexico (173,900)

China (45.700)

The Philippines (42,500)

India (42,000)

Vietnam (26,700)

Nicaragua (24,000)

EI Salvador (22,600)

Haiti (22,400)

Cuba (20,800)

Dominican Republic (17,500)

Conclusion The story of the American people is story of immigration

& diversity.

Only about one – third of Native Americans still live on

reservations.

Ellis island was golden door for many people.

America is multilingual country

New system given golden for many people

They were intercontinental wanderers and hunters

Christopher Columbus Discovered New world in 1492.

About 1.5 million Native Americans lived in this land.

During the next 200 years,people from European countries to explore America and set up trading posts and colonies

The government’s preferred solution to the indian problem was to force tribes to inhabit specific plots of land called reservations.

In many cases the reservasionland was of poor quality.

Poverty and joblessness

To low population of 350,ooo in 1920

Some tribes disappeared

Other tribes lost their languages and most of their culture

0.9 % of the total U.S. population