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f Welcome \o the ^ land aP Preedom, opportunity, and the . American Pream/ , I've heard they make a pretty good apple pie here too! by Liam O’Donnell illustrated by Charles Barnett III CONSULTANT: Michael Bailey Colonel William J. Walsh Associate Professor of American Government Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Capstone Mankato, Minnesota i ★ A Country Built by Immigration .... 4 ★ The First Immigrants ................... 6 ★ Europe Notices North America ...... 8 ★ Early Settlers ........ lO ★ Passing through Ellis Island ........ 12 ★ Challenges for Immigrants .......... 14 ★ The Immigration Process ............ 16 ★ Why People Immigrate .............. 18 c ★ Undocumented Immigrants .......... 20 ★ Becoming a Citizen .................. 22 c c ★ Benefits of Immigration ............. 24 c c ★ Future of Immigration............... 26 <5 <s Time L in e................................................................28 Glossary......................................................................30 Read More . . . ; .....................................................31 Internet Sites...........................................................31 Index ............. 32 .............................. A COUlJTRYlBUllTjBYLlMMIGBATlOrl yci/ know animgat mirn? You probably do, and it may even be you!Immigrant? are people who leave their home country to becomep art of another nation. Now that might not be you, but it'? probably true of your great-great-great grandparent?. iAo?t citizen? are de?cendant? of people who immigrated to America. That'? why the United 5tate? i? known a? a nation of immigrant?. Pour in everything you can and this country mill turn out great. Sometime?, the United 5tate? i?called a " pot." Many immigrant? combine tradition? from their old country with tradition? from America. descendant — a person’s child and a family member born after that child Of course,not everyone in the United ‘ytate? can trace their ancestor? back to another country. Native American? have ancestor? who were here thousand? of year? before the United 5tate? bec a nation. People have been moving from one country to another for thou?and? of year?. Today, immigration happen? all over the world. It make? countrie??tronger and better place? to live. 5ome archaeologist believe the firttpeople immigrated to North America 15,ooo yeart ago.O thert think the arrived at far back at 40,000 yeart ago. lA believe they traveled acrott frozen land joiningL iberiaa nd AlatkPut othert think the immigrantt arrived by boat along the wettern We're walking. 5 -------- Suit yourselP. It'll be smooth sailing in these boats. The firtt immigrantt to North America eventually became the Native Americanationt. For thoutandt of yeart, Native Americant lived in North America by They developed their o\Nn civilizationt and Around AP looo, t be secondg roup of immigrant? arrived in North America. Viking? from Sca?ai\ed to the area known today a?Newfoundland, Canada. They ?ettlement? and made contact with ?ome of the Native American tribe?. According to Viking ?aga?, the Viking? lived in Newfoundland for only about 10 year?. Colder winter? and di?ea?e? may have made life too difficult for the Viking?. Eventually, they decided to ?ail back to their homeland? in Scandinavia. I can't take another cold minterf Me either, saga — a detailed j is the Vil for “what $panis h explorer Christopher Columbus to find a faster way to Asia.In IdHZ,h e sailed from f?pain in his flagship, the $anta lAaria. After two months at sea, he found land. Columbus he'd found a quicker route to Asia.He actually stumbled upon the Caribbean Islands off the southeast coast of North America. I have arrived in Asia Wow can he discover [ Columbus discovered it iP people already I the Mew World. live there? Millions ofN ative American? already lived in when Columbu? arrived. European? didn't know North America exi?ted until told them about it. They called North America the New World. by the 1500?, ffpani?hadventurer?, called conqui?tador?, arrived to explore North and 5outhA merica. An African ?lave named E?tevanico traveled with 5pani?h expedition? into the ?outhwe?tern United fftate?. E?tevanico and the 5pani?h may have been the fir?t non-Native American? to enter the area now known a? Arizona. — You cfo ahead, Estevanico. We'll wait here until someone , ^ invents air conditioning. * s, ^ B iM M ^ E S B ^ S I® Columbus and other early explorers believed the land in North America was loaded with gold. They searched everywhere hoping to become rich. In reality, not much gold was found. But their greed a caused these explorers to treat Native Americans with cruelty. They often killed them or took them as slaves. Soon European? poured into North America. In 16,07, the ?ucce??ful Engli?h ?ettlementin America wa? founded Virginia. It founded on land controlled by the Powhatan Nation of Native American?. Welcome to your new country, kids. I hope they don't have homework here. At fir?t, the Powhatan gave gift? and traded food for copper item? with the new immigrant?. SutV irginia wa? going through a drought. the Powhatan could not grow enough food to meet the ?ettler?' need?. Tree bark again?/ The ?ettler? didn't know how to grow their own food, starvation and di?ea?e ?pread quickly, killing many of them. Eventually they received help from Europe, and Jame?town flourished. Soon more ?ett\ement? were e?tab\i?hed up and down the Atlantic coa?t. ©