This country profile examines key legislative events that form the history of the U.S. immigration system, the size and attributes of the immigrant population in the country, the characteristics of legal and illegal immigration streams,...

The French Revolution had political consequences in the United States. It forced us to adopt a clear foreign policy of neutrality and to pass legislation concerning immigration. Examine how Jefferson and Adams responded to the French...

Scholastic gives a detailed look at immigration to the United States from the 17th century to the present. Includes motivation for immigration and immigration restrictions and laws.

Find books, pamphlets, photographs, maps, and manuscripts about immigration to the United States, principally nineteenth-century immigration. With a timeline of key dates in U.S. immigration history and a browsable list of search themes...

A large collection of resources on the history of immigration to the United States and the debates around reform, integration, and citizenship. These have been complied by many immigration historians affiliated with universities all over...

From 1910 to 1940, the Angel Island Immigration Center in California functioned as a detention center for people immigrating to the United States through the West Coast. You can learn about this National Historic Landmark here through an...

Describes the California Gold Rush and the impact it had on immigration to the United States and to the future demographics of California. Includes a high-resolution map of the gold region of California in 1851.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan about Norwegian immigrantion to the United States.

1896, A Website for Political Cartoons provides a site from the collection of information concerning the Election of 1896, "New Immigrants" give us a view of immigration from a political standpoint.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Using primary source documents students look at Jewish immigration to the United states, popular culture of the time and the birth of the comic book.

This resource includes two documents: one is written by a senior Japanese immigration officer who discusses Japan's immigration policy options, and the other is written by a Harvard professor who questions the influence of Hispanic...

This article focuses on the migration of French Canadians into the New England area and the impact on the area and the Roman Catholic Church. By the Great Depression, nearly a million Canadians of French descent had settled in the United...

This is a great site that talks about changes in the U.S.-Mexico border. It also discusses the meaning of the border, the people that live there, and border regions. Click "next" at the bottom of the page for more information on the...

This article provides comprehensive information on just about every aspect of immigration. Topics range from the number and origin of immigrants to laws and policies at all levels of the United States government. (Published in 1994)

The United States has always been a melting pot. Read about the vast increase in immigration from countries in northern Europe in the 1830s and 1840s due to famine, eviction from land, and political unrest. See where various immigrant...

These are study notes for key points when learning about the industrialization of America during the Gilded Age. Looks at causes and consequences of the First and Second Industrial Revolutions, the impact of rapid urbanization, and the...

This resource couples a visual and descriptive map of urban ethnic enclaves with an oral interview by an immigrant growing up in New York City. Its goal is to provide different ways of "mapping" or understanding life for immigrants...

An essay that looks at issues affecting Americans leading up to the Civil War. These included economic changes that led to new ideological, social, cultural, and political issues that further divided the nation along moral and regional...

This lesson plan provides suggestions for augmenting a study of The Statue of Liberty. Includes information on the Emma Lazarus sonnet, "The New Colossus," (which was written about the statue) and the attitudes towards immigration during...

An editorial from the Japan Times and Mail denounced the the U.S. Senate's inclusion of the National Origins Act within the Immigration Act of 1924 that limited the immigration of Japanese to the United States. Read the background of the...

Here are four timelines which are useful for anyone studying immigration to the United States. They are Global, Asia, U.S. Immigration Policy, and California timelines.

This essay from the National Humanities Center tracks Jewish immigrants in America, discusses antisemitism and assimilation experiences through the twentieth century. Includes a guide for student discussion and online resources.

Learn the basic facts regarding children in American who are living at poverty levels or below. The numbers of children in poverty appear to be increasing to almost 13 million. The sheet identifies which ethnic groups have the most...

Article about the weak response that countries made to the need to open up immigration to more Jewish refugees prior to World War II. The arguments sound very familiar today.