Week 2: Immigration and the Immigrant Experience

America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. - Jame

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American Images: The Frontier in American History by Fredrick Jackson Turner and Lecture and Western Films clips.
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American Voices: Carolyn Sue Elliott - member of the Monacan Nation.

American Seminar: From Ellis Island to JFK: New York`s Two Great Waves of Immigration by Nancy Foner

America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. - James Madison

Last week we looked at the beginnings of the expansion in to the frontier this week we have deepen into that search in to the heart of America. Ms. Elliott discussed how the movement of settlers into Virginia impacted Native American life and culture, as well as the movement of Native Americans before and after European settlement (or lack of movement as the case may be!).Images forced us to really look closely at the American mythology Seminar discussed how Immigration changed one of America’s greatest city.