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    Geography - Usa: Population Movement

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    America has long been a destination for immigrants from around the world. Main waves of immigration included Native Americans thousands of years ago, followed by Europeans in the 17th-18th centuries and Europeans and Asians in the 19th-20th centuries. There is also significant illegal immigration estimated at 1 million people per year currently. Within the country, Americans expanded westward in the 19th century encouraged by policies like the Louisiana Purchase and Homestead Act. Blacks migrated north during the 1870-1970 period in part due to Jim Crow laws, and have recently been moving back south following new job opportunities.

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    America has long been a destination for immigrants from around the world. Main waves of immigration included Native Americans thousands of years ago, followed by Europeans in the 17th-18th centuries and Europeans and Asians in the 19th-20th centuries. There is also significant illegal immigration estimated at 1 million people per year currently. Within the country, Americans expanded westward in the 19th century encouraged by policies like the Louisiana Purchase and Homestead Act. Blacks migrated north during the 1870-1970 period in part due to Jim Crow laws, and have recently been moving back south following new job opportunities.

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    America has long been a destination for immigrants from around the world. Main waves of immigration included Native Americans thousands of years ago, followed by Europeans in the 17th-18th centuries and Europeans and Asians in the 19th-20th centuries. There is also significant illegal immigration estimated at 1 million people per year currently. Within the country, Americans expanded westward in the 19th century encouraged by policies like the Louisiana Purchase and Homestead Act. Blacks migrated north during the 1870-1970 period in part due to Jim Crow laws, and have recently been moving back south following new job opportunities.

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    GEOGRAPHY - USA

    POPULATION MOVEMENT
    IMMIGRATION Immigration: from the outside the country // Migration: inside the country America is by definition a land of immigrants, melting pot (different from a salad bowl) of cultures and multicultural values. Main immigration waves: Indians 20 000- 15 000 BC Spanish + British (WASPS= White Anglo-Saxon Protestants) + French (17th) // Africans (slave trade) 18th // Europeans (Irish German Slavic Mediterranean) 19th = the old immigration. Asian, Hispanics 1970s to presents = the new immigration. Democracy, work attracts Illegal immigration 1 million a year estimated in the 21st century. Historical expansion: American pioneers spread west. (19th) Encouraged resettling Louisiana Purchase 1803 California Rush 1848/1849 Homestead Act 1862 (65 hectares for 10 Transcontinental Railway 1869 opens floodgates of benefiters. Blacks move North 1870/1970 (partially due to Jimmy Crowe laws 1850s) 1865 Emancipation 1920s booming industry in manufacturing belt of the NE post WW2 boom Blacks return South 1970/ today From NY and Chicago to Atlanta and Houston, following the new job opportunities: the Sunbelt drift. Ternary sector workforces are very dynamic; they are footloose, not linked to resources.

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