1. What is Civics???
September 6, 2016

2. Civics: study of the rights and duties of citizens
Citizenship – 2,500 years old
Greeks/ Romans
Citizens: men who owned property
About 195 countries in world
Still about 20 countries that don’t have voting system
Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bhutan, Brunei, etc.
“E Pluribus Unum” – Latin
Back of all U.S. coins
“Out of many, One”
MEANING: Diverse people but created single, strong nation

3. Immigrants in the United States September 9, 2016

4. U.S. Population TODAY – Over 300 million
We are ALL immigrants
Native Americans
Land bridge connecting Asia/ North America (Bering Strait)
1500s: Spanish immigrants
Florida; California; Texas
Tucson; San Antonio; San Diego
1600s: England/ France
France: Canada/ Mississippi River
England: Eastern Coast/ 13 colonies
s: Germany, Netherlands, Ireland, Scotland

5. After independence (1776)
Population skyrocketed
“Land of Promise”
1830: 600,000
1850: 2 million
1890 – 1924
Italy, Greece, Poland, Russia
Most U.S. immigrants TODAY:
Asia
Latin America
Africa***
Did not come to U.S. willingly
Africans sold in Caribbean/ Americas
1619 – 1808: 500,000 slaves sold