Table Of Contentf Welcome \o the ^
land aP Preedom,
opportunity, and the
. American Pream/ ,
I've heard they
make a pretty good
apple pie here too!
by Liam O’Donnell
illustrated by Charles Barnett III
CONSULTANT:
Michael Bailey
Colonel William J. Walsh Associate Professor
of American Government
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Capstone
Mankato, Minnesota
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★ A Country Built by Immigration .... 4
★ The First Immigrants ...................
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★ Europe Notices North America ......
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★ Early Settlers ........ lO
★ Passing through Ellis Island ........ 12
★ Challenges for Immigrants .......... 14
★ The Immigration Process ............ 16
★ Why People Immigrate .............. 18
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★ Undocumented Immigrants .......... 20
★ Becoming a Citizen .................. 22 c
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★ Benefits of Immigration ............. 24 c
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★ Future of Immigration............... 26 <5
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Time L in e................................................................28
Glossary......................................................................30
Read More . . . ; .....................................................31
Internet Sites...........................................................31
Index ............. 32
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A COUlJTRYlBUllTjBYLlMMIGBATlOrl
yci/ know animgat mirn? You probably do, and it may
even be you!Immigrant? are people who leave their home
country to becomep art of another nation.
Now that might not be you, but it'? probably true of your
great-great-great grandparent?. iAo?t citizen? are
de?cendant? of people who immigrated to America. That'?
why the United 5tate? i? known a? a nation of immigrant?.
Pour in everything you can and
this country mill turn out great.
Sometime?, the United
5tate? i?called a "
pot." Many immigrant?
combine tradition? from
their old country with
tradition? from America.
descendant — a person’s child and a
family member born after that child
Of course,not everyone in the
United ‘ytate? can trace their
ancestor? back to another
country. Native American?
have ancestor? who were here
thousand? of year? before the
United 5tate? bec a nation.
People have been moving from one country to another for
thou?and? of year?. Today, immigration happen? all over the
world. It make? countrie??tronger and better place? to live.
5ome archaeologist believe the firttpeople immigrated to North
America 15,ooo yeart ago.O thert think the arrived
at far back at 40,000 yeart ago. lA believe they traveled acrott
frozen land joiningL iberiaa nd AlatkPut othert think the
immigrantt arrived by boat along the wettern
We're walking.
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Suit yourselP. It'll be smooth
sailing in these boats.
The firtt immigrantt to North
America eventually became
the Native Americanationt.
For thoutandt of yeart,
Native Americant lived in
North America by
They developed their o\Nn
civilizationt and
Around AP looo, t be secondg roup of immigrant? arrived in
North America. Viking? from Sca?ai\ed to the area
known today a?Newfoundland, Canada. They ?ettlement?
and made contact with ?ome of the Native American tribe?.
According to Viking ?aga?, the Viking? lived in Newfoundland for only about
10 year?. Colder winter? and di?ea?e? may have made life too difficult for the
Viking?. Eventually, they decided to ?ail back to their homeland? in Scandinavia.
I can't take another
cold minterf
Me either,
saga — a
detailed j
is the Vil
for “what
$panis h explorer Christopher Columbus to find a faster way
to Asia.In IdHZ,h e sailed from f?pain in his flagship, the $anta
lAaria. After two months at sea, he found land. Columbus
he'd found a quicker route to Asia.He actually stumbled upon the
Caribbean Islands off the southeast coast of North America.
I have arrived in Asia
Wow can he discover
[ Columbus discovered it iP people already
I the Mew World. live there?
Millions ofN ative American?
already lived in
when Columbu? arrived.
European? didn't know North
America exi?ted until
told them about it. They called
North America the New World.
by the 1500?, ffpani?hadventurer?, called conqui?tador?, arrived to explore
North and 5outhA merica. An African ?lave named E?tevanico traveled
with 5pani?h expedition? into the ?outhwe?tern United fftate?. E?tevanico
and the 5pani?h may have been the fir?t non-Native American? to enter
the area now known a? Arizona. —
You cfo ahead,
Estevanico. We'll wait
here until someone
, ^ invents air conditioning.
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Columbus and other early explorers believed the land in North
America was loaded with gold. They searched everywhere hoping to
become rich. In reality, not much gold was found. But their greed a
caused these explorers to treat Native Americans with cruelty.
They often killed them or took them as slaves.
Soon European? poured into North America. In 16,07, the ?ucce??ful
Engli?h ?ettlementin America wa? founded Virginia. It
founded on land controlled by the Powhatan Nation of Native American?.
Welcome to your
new country, kids.
I hope they don't
have homework here.
At fir?t, the Powhatan gave gift? and traded food for copper item? with
the new immigrant?. SutV irginia wa? going through a drought. the
Powhatan could not grow enough food to meet the ?ettler?' need?.
Tree bark again?/
The ?ettler? didn't know
how to grow their own
food, starvation and di?ea?e
?pread quickly, killing many
of them. Eventually they
received help from Europe,
and Jame?town flourished.
Soon more ?ett\ement? were
e?tab\i?hed up and down the
Atlantic coa?t.
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