The Land of The Free
A visual mindmap to quickly refresh over the key and basic points of the idea that was the 'Land of The Free'.
- Created by: cleomos
- Created on: 30-03-16 19:43
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- Land of The Free
- Isle of Tears (Ellis Island)
- faced series of 'tests'
- looking for abnormalities
- reading/writing
- treated in a cold, hostile manner, unclean
- pull to the USA
- space for expansion
- natural resources
- wages were better - economic opportunity
- American Bill of Rights
- push from Europe/other places
- overcrowding- not enough land
- class-dominated society, no opportunities
- unemployment
- faced series of 'tests'
- Melting Pot
- Old immigrants - British, German, Scandinavian
- WASPs
- Native Americans
- forced out of land
- Black Americans
- previous slaves, now farm workers - faced racism
- Asians
- paid to do dangerous and low paid work
- Hispanics
- cowboys came from Mexico through Texas
- Eastern Europeans
- came to escape prosecution and poverty - mostly jewish
- Old immigrants - British, German, Scandinavian
- Government
- Bill of Rights
- freedom of religion, speech, press
- right to carry weapons for self defense
- federal
- each state has own government
- central
- has power over foreign policy, defence, trade, currency
- Supreme Court
- balance between the President and Congress & make sure new laws are constitiutional
- democrat
- political left
- against death penalty
- more liberal
- gov. run schools
- republican
- political right
- conservative
- private health care
- America for the Americans
- Bill of Rights
- Isle of Tears (Ellis Island)
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