What is immigration?

Immigration is the movement of people from

one country or region to another in order to

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What is an immigrant?

An immigrant is a person who moves fromone country or region to another in order

tomake a new home.

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Immigration to US 1820-2000

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1,000,000

2,000,000

3,000,000

4,000,000

5,000,000

6,000,000

7,000,000

8,000,000

9,000,000

10,000,000

1820-30

1831-40

1841-50

1851-60

1861-70

1871-80

1881-90

1891-00

1901-10

1911-20

1921-30

1931-40

1941-50

1951-60

1961-70

1971-80

1981-90

1991-00

Period Total1820-30 151,8241831-40 599,1251841-50 1,713,2511851-60 2,598,2141861-70 2,314,8241871-80 2,812,1911881-90 5,246,6131891-00 3,687,5641901-10 8,795,3861911-20 5,735,8111921-30 4,107,2091931-40 528,4311941-50 1,035,0391951-60 2,515,4791961-70 3,321,6771971-80 4,493,3141981-90 7,338,0621991-00 9,095,417

This chart and table show the number of immigrants that came to the United States from 1820-2000. What three time periods experienced the highest number of immigrants?Source of data: Immigration and Naturalization Service, US Department of Justice

Immigration to the United States 1820-

2000

• Important Note: The maps used in this lesson are maps of the world currently.

• In the 1800 and 1900’s borders/boundaries of countries in Europe changed several times. Some of the countries were larger in the 1800 and 1900’s than they are now.

• However, for this lesson we are using current maps.

1820-1880 Main Sources of Immigration

• In this period of time almost 10.2 million immigrants came to the United States

• The main countries the immigrants came from were in Northern and Western Europe

1820-1880 Main Sources of Immigration

The three main countries that immigrantscame from in 1820-1880

Germany 3.0 million Ireland 2.8 million United Kingdom 1.9 million

Locate Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom on the map

2007 Main Sources of Immigration

The three main countries that immigrantscame from in 2004:

Mexico Philippines India

Resources• http://www.mage.geog.macalester.edu/

mngeog/MnCitiesLessons05/ImmigUSA1.Leba/USAimmig.ppt

• http://www.yourchildlearns.com/europe_map.htm

• http://www.usimmigrationlawyers.com/facts-country-origin.cfm

• www.unitedstreaming.com-New York Up-Close: Immigration and the Industrial Revolution-video

• Live interview from Fran Zimmerman