POLS 206 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6, 7 : Free Market, Melting Pot, Beginning Point Of The U.S. Public Land Survey
15 Sep 2016
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Obama"s biggest issue was public healthcare: he wanted to reform healthcare and guarantee health care for almost all americans. America was founded on the principle of accepting diversity. Public opinion- the distribution of the populations beliefs about politics and policy issues. The american people: demography- the science of human populations, census. An actual enumeration of the population, which the. Constitution requires that the government conduct every 10 years. The immigrant society: jkf america is not merely a nation, but a nation of nations , federal law allows about 1 million new immigrants a year, and. 500,000 illegal immigrants have come in a year as well: waves of immigration. First wave- early and mid 19th century (nw europeans) Second wave- late 19th century ( southern and eastern. Europeans) most came through ellis island in new york. Third wave- 1960s to present (hispanics: cuba, central.
