AMST 2440 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Immigration Act Of 1924, Annandale, Virginia, Pseudoscience

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New immigration new cities: annandale, va. Strip malls, chain stores --- kunstler"s geography of nowhere . Closer look - over 900 korean-american owned businesses. New type of immigrant neighborhood > now in suburbs. Washington d. c historically black and white southern town. Mid 2000s, 18. 5% foreign-born over 1 million residents. Half of pop. growth of washington area in 1990s = new immigrants. Washington dc in 2000 -- 7th most popular city for us immigrants. Often forgotten overshadowed by other 1960s events. A time line of immigration to american cities. 19th and early 20th c immigrants: 1820s-1890s: old immigrants . Mostly n. and w. eur. (mostly german states, british isles/ireland, and scandinavia. ) Ex: southern italy, slavic countries, greece, e. eur jews. ~10-15 million: before restriction -- asian immigration. Recommends restricting imm. from unassimilable e. and s. europe (ex: poland, Italy, greece, hungary: 1924: national origins act > harsh imm. restricition. New quota system based on existing pop. " of us in 1890.

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