Immigration in America's History

Duration: 11 0:11:00

Genre: Educational

Creator: Coronet

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Examines the major waves of immigration in the United States from the seventeenth century to the present. Dramatic re-enactments show the causes of immigration, occupational and settlement patterns and contributions of each group to the growth of America., Summarizes the various waves of immigration to the United States from the early colonial period to the present. In the beginning most immigrants were English, but in the 1840s the Irish began to arrive followed by the Germans in the 1850s. Also in the 1850s the first non-Northern Europeans arrived as Chinese began to settle on the Pacific coast until prevented from immigrating by the Exclusion Act of 1882. From 1890 to the 1920s a flood of peoples from all parts of Europe immigrated until the quota system restricted the numbers of persons admitted.

Complete Record: Summarizes the various waves of immigration to the United States from the early colonial period to the present. In the beginning most immigrants were English, but in the 1840s the Irish began to arrive followed by the Germans in the 1850s. Also in the 1850s the first non-Northern Europeans arrived as Chinese began to settle on the Pacific coast until prevented from immigrating by the Exclusion Act of 1882. From 1890 to the 1920s a flood of peoples from all parts of Europe immigrated until the quota system restricted the numbers of persons admitted., A brief history of the many peoples of Europe and Asia that immigrated to the U.S.: Irish, German, English, Chinese, Scandinavian, etc. Major activities of passing of immigration acts., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.