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Original Settlers
English- All Dutch- NY, NJ Scots-Irish- Western Edge of Va, NC,
SC German- Pa Swedes- NJ
Great Puritan Migration
Africans
Indentured Servants vs. Slaves Problem: Bacon’s Rebellion/ Fear of
Further Revolt Solution: Rise in Slavery
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
French Immigration
Cause: French Revolution Problem: Fear of Anarchy Solution: Alien and Sedition Acts
Rebirth of Slavery
Cause: Cotton Gin Problem: Sectionalism Solution: Compromises
Jacksonian Immigration
Germans: Cause- Revolutions in EuropeProblem- Educated/ Skilled/ Money
Irish: Cause- Potato FamineProblem- Uneducated/ Poor/ Catholic
Solution: Know Nothings
Movement West
1840’s-1900
Chinese Immigration
Cause: Chaos in China/ Railroads Problem: Alien Culture/ No Assimilation Solution: Chinese Exclusion Act
Japanese Immigration
Cause: Modernization of Japan Problem: Yellow Peril/ Hawaii Solution: Gentlemen’s Agreement
New Immigration
Cause: Revolutions/ Famine/ Persecution
Problem: Anarchists/ Jews/ Labor/ Religion/ Assimilation
Solution: Emergency Quota Acts/ Hull House
Hull House: Jane Addams
Great Migration Cause: Racism/ WWI Problem: More Racism/ Jobs Solution: KKK/ Small Race Riots
Braceros
Cause: WWII Need for Labor Problem: Don’t return after war Solution: Op. Wetback
Baby Boom
Cause: Ummmmm Problem: Overcrowding in Cities/ Ethnic
Tension Solution: White Flight/ Middle Class/
Consumer Culture
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%
Post War Immigration
Cause: Cold War/ Poverty Problem: Immigration Act of 1965 Solution: Immigration Reform Act of
1986