WHY DO IMMIRGRANTS

CAME TO THE U.S.A. ???

•WANT FREEDOM
•WANT A BETTER LIFE
•TO HAVE BETTER JOBS
AND MORE MONEY.
•EDUCATION
• Number Objective SS.O.11.5.1
analyze and explain the response of leaders of the United States and the world to the following developments:
• industrialization
• urbanization
• immigration
• education
• health care
• epidemics/pandemic
• SS.O.11.5.2
assess the impact of United States foreign policy on different world regions (e.g., Open Door Policy, Good
Neighbor Policy, Lend-Lease). SS.O.11.5.3
critique United States immigration policies and assess the contributions of immigrant groups and individuals.
SS.O.11.5.4
analyze and explain the political, social and economic causes and consequences of American involvement in these
major conflicts
• and challenges of the 20th and 21st Century:
• World War I
• Great Depression
• World War II
• Cold War
• Korean Conflict
• Vietnam
• Operation Desert Storm/ Gulf War
• Operation Enduring Freedom/Afghanistan military crisis
• Operation Iraqi Freedom/War in Iraq
• SS.O.11.5.5
summarize the major goals and analyze the impact of the New Deal. SS.O.11.5.6
explain and assess the economic, social and political transformation of the United States since World War II.
SS.O.11.5.7
analyze and explain United States and world foreign policy since World War II. SS.O.11.5.8
trace the development of the world labor movement, describe its political, social and economic effects, and
explain its effect on the U.S. labor movement and the demands for labor reform legislation. SS.O.11.5.9
examine concerns, issues and conflicts categorized as universal human rights (e.g., Holocaust, diversity,
tolerance, genocide). SS.O.11.5.10
compare and contrast worldwide de-colonization and independence movements in the twentieth century (e.g.,
Israel, India, Indo-China, third world countries), and explain how emerging nations influence world events.
SS.O.11.5.11
Research, compare and contrast the progress of civil rights in the United States with civil rights in other regions of
the world and conclude what the contributions were of significant civil rights leaders. SS.O.11.5.12
research the origins and rise of Communism, connect its implications to the nuclear age and Cold War, and then
describe its current status worldwide, including the breakup of the Soviet Union. SS.O.11.5.13
examine and analyze the causes and consequences of regional conflicts (e.g., Middle East, Latin America, Africa,
HOW LONG DOES IT
TAKE IMMIRGRANTS
BECAME LEGAL?
YOU HAVE TO HET A GREEN CARD WHICH TAKE UP TO
NINE MONTHS TO GET. THE GREEN CARD IS VALID FOR
10 YEARS. AFTER FIVE YEARS OF RESIDENCY IN THE
U.S. THE CITIZEN IS ELIGIBLE TO BECOME A
NATURALIZED U.S. CITIZEN. IN ADDITION TO THE FIVE
YEARS OF RESIDENCY, THE CITIZEN MUST SHOW AN
ABILITY TO READ, WRITE, AND SPEAK ENGLISH,
UNDERSTAND U.S. HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT, HAVE
GOOD MORAL CHARACTER, AND BE WILLING TO ABIDE
BY THE PRINCIPLES OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION. FEES
FOR THE APPLICATION AND ELECTRONIC
FINGERPRINTING TOTAL ABOUT $400. ONCE THE
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE
MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR

• IT STARTED IN 1846 AND

ENDED IN 1848
• THERE WAS BATTLES DURING
THE WAR
•
Battle of Palo Alto
facts :
• first major engagement of the U . S .- Mexican
War , was fought on May 8 , 1846 , just north
of present - day Brownsville , TX
U . S GERNAL ZACHARY TAYLOR led 3 , 00
• Taylor moved to Point Isabel , gathered all
available supplies and reinforcements , and
moved with a column of 2 , 200 men to the
relief of Fort Texas . Arista , catching wind
of this move , left forces to continue the
siege while he led 3 , 400 troops north to
intercept Taylor .
deadly house-to-house fighting. U.SGERNAL ZACHERY TAYLOR moved his 6,640 many
m reinforcements.
Monterey in September 1846 , PRESIDENT JAMES K . POLK ordered the bulk of TAYLOR ’
Taylor ’ s surrender on February 22 , but was refused . The Mexicans then skirmish
e Covered by the guns of Conner ’ s ships , the U . S . troops moved north to invest
Scott finished his lines by March 12 , severing ties between Veracruz and the r
 The Battle of
Cerro Gordo

west by two major hills, La Atalaya and El Telégrafo. Twelve thousand Mexican troo
The battle of Contreras

of Contreras , placing this rough terrain between him and the Mexican left . A p
recalling him to the more defensible positions at San Angel .