Week 1
1) The Colonial Heritage
2) A Wave of Immigrants, 1820-1890s
The Immigrant Diaspora
California Gold Rush
Scandinavian Immigration
Emma Goldman
Week 2
3) A New Wave of Immigrants, 1890s-1920s
The Phenomenon of Italian Immigration
4) Ethnic Conflict and Immigration Restriction
Ellis Island
The Naturalization Act of 1906
The Dillingham Commission
Week 3
5) Immigration after World War I
The Immigration Act of 1917
The first Red Scare
The Sacco and Vanzetti Case
6) Immigration after World War II
Week 4
7) Immigration after the 1960s
8) The Phenomenon of Mexican Immigration
US Border-Enforcement Policies, Push and Pull factors
9) The Phenomenon of African and Asian Immigration
Week 5
10) Assimilation into American Life
Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America
11) Immigration to the United States Today