美国概况Chapter 2PPT.pptVIP

Chapter 2 United States: The “Melting Pot” ;0. Introduction;Early immigrants’ tour of Ellis Island;Stop 1. ArrivalNew arrivals were taken by ferry to the main building at Ellis Island. Opened in 1892, the first immigrant to arrive was a 15-year-old girl from Ireland named Annie Moore to join her parents in New York City.;Stop 2. the baggage room;Stop 3 Stairways to the Great hall;Stop 5. The great Hall;Stop 6. Legal inspection;Stop 7. Money exchange;Stop 8. The Journey’s End;;America has traditionally been referred to as a melting pot, welcoming people from many different countries, races, and religions, all hoping to find freedom, new opportunities, and a better way of life. American history began with waves of immigrants, bringing their own cultures and traditions to a vast new country. No other place in the world has such a diverse population. ;I. Earlier immigrants;I. Earlier immigrants;A nation of immigration A nation of nations A melting pot A pot of stew Salad bowl Mosaic;In trying to answer the question who is an American, the French sociologist De Crevecoear wrote in his book Letters from an American Farmer, “He is either an European or the descendents of an European, hence that strange mixture of blood, which you will find in no other country. I could point out to you a family whose grandfather was an English man, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a French woman, and whose present four sons have now four wives of different nations.” “What then is the American, this new man?” “He is an American, who leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners, receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced, the new government he obeys, and the new rank he holds. The American is a new man, who acts upon new principles…Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men.”;Miniature of American Population;1. A “melting pot” one basic feature of the US The US has long been known as a nation of immigration