Files

Immigration Directions (PDF)

Immigration Excel Spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel)

Census information: Immigration: Fiscal Years 1820-2000

Census information: US Population

Immigration Extra Credit

Go to Ellis Island.org’s page on “The Peopling of America” http://www.ellisisland.org/immexp/wseix_4_3.asp?

Click on the different time periods and compare the nationalities of the people coming into America during those time periods.

What accounts for the changes in nationalities during the major time periods listed? What actions by the U.S. government were the most important in shaping immigration policies during the course of the nation’s history? Why? Email this answer in at least 300 words.