Samuel Breckinridge Long Research Paper

For many decades the history of the United States and immigration has always been a very talked about topic of debate. Many Americans did not like the collision that immigrants would have upon the native-born American people, while others welcomed the flow of people as adding to America’s multiculturalism of difference. According to Immigration: Good or Bad for America (2016), a large amount of immigrants try to enter the U.S. borders without proper documentation, in this manner being labeled as illegal immigrants. In addition, the United States unusual position as a nation of immigrants is being questioned by

Immigration has always been a complex issue in the United States. Previous and current administrations have had great difficulties in setting policies and programs in place to address this problem. During the course of American history, laws were enacted to address such issues. There were numerous legislative milestones in regards to immigration in the United States. In order to understand the current issues regarding immigration, we have to look back at the policies that were in place along with the goals that they intended to serve. According to (Barusch, 2012), the United States had an open immigration policy; which means that anyone could relocate to this country. As a result of this policy, the government had to redefine

Globally, the United States has been known as "a nation of immigrants" almost from its inception. Beginning in the 1600s with English Puritans and continuing today, America is a melting pot of culture and ethnicity. In fact, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, immigration was the major source of U.S. population growth. Looking over our 200+ years we find that to clearly be true, with approximately 1 million immigrants coming to America during the 17th and 18th century. Almost 3 million arrived during the 1860s, and another 3 million in the 1870s. In the next four decades, the number of immigrants rose to over 25 million people, most from various European nations, most arriving in New York or one of the Eastern seaports (Damon, 1981). Despite the politicization, as of 2006, the United States actually was the number one country globally to accept legal immigrants into the country, with a current immigrant population of almost 40 million (Terrazas and Batalova, 2009). In fact, the peak of immigration was 1907, when over 1.2 million Europeans entered the country beginning a push towards legislation limiting immigration in the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1924 and the 1921 Congressional Quota Act. These immigrants came for two sociological reasons: the push factor (wars, famine, persecution and overpopulation) and the pull factors (jobs and the promise of freedom). Most came by ship, and a passage often cost the equivalent of an entire life's savings causing many

If a death is preventable and one fails to prevent its occurrence, is he at fault? During and after the Holocaust, citizens of the United States pondered this question in the context of Jewish refugees murdered in Nazi Germany; ultimately, citizens remember this tragic genocide and promise it will not happen again under any circumstances, not only in America, but in other nations as well. Since the Holocaust, leaders and lawmakers in the United States have analyzed the causes that led to this event and designed laws and documents to prevent such an infraction of human rights from happening again. The long-lasting effects of the Holocaust, which expose the dangers of America’s isolation and conservative immigration policies, contribute to the liberalization of American immigration and increased worldwide instances of United States humanitarian intervention.

Millions of immigrants over the previous centuries have shaped the United States of America into what it is today. America is known as a “melting pot”, a multicultural country that welcomes and is home to an array of every ethnic and cultural background imaginable. We are a place of opportunity, offering homes and jobs and new economic gains to anyone who should want it. However, America was not always such a “come one, come all” kind of country. The large numbers of immigrants that came during the nineteenth century angered many of the American natives and lead to them to blame the lack of jobs and low wages on the immigrants, especially the Asian communities. This resentment lead to the discrimination and legal exclusion of immigrants,

When one usually thinks of Gilded Age politics, one usually thinks of the dominance of the relatively new “Grand Old Party”, who won all but two presidential elections between 1860 and 1908. During this time, the Republican Party was backed largely by Northern and Midwestern corporate and business interests, which once in power, crafted largely protectionist policies such as tariffs to secure and expand American enterprises. The Democratic Party of this period, was mainly backed by the interests of immigrant groups like the Irish and Germans, in addition to the “Solid South” which sought to block many of the Republican policies toward higher tariffs and civil rights for

Louis was not the first or last of President Roosevelt’s encounters with the low immigration laws present in America. The quota in America was considerably low for German immigrants in the 30’s, slightly rose in 1939, but then plummeted in 1941 (Wyman, 5). FDR’s refusal to expand immigration of the European Jews searching for a safe haven showed his disinterest in the situation taking place. On October 3, 1940 Breckinridge Long, the Assistant Secretary of State, recalled a meeting with FDR regarding entry visas. He described Roosevelt being in “entire accord with the policy which would exclude persons about whom there was any suspicion they would be inimical to the welfare of the United States no matter who had vouchsafed for them and irrespective of their financial or other standing.” In essence Long explained Roosevelt’s stance on the issue that he had no intention of allowing any entry for the suffering Jews into America (Breckinridge Long). President Roosevelt knew the Americans were worried about the economy and the high unemployment rate. Adding an influx of refugees would take away jobs from rightful Americans and damage their economy to a greater extent (Wyman, 6). America acted hypocritical that they tried to persuade other countries to accept Jewish refugees, even though they were in no way welcoming them into their

Andrew Johnson was born December 29, 1808 in a North Carolina cabin. Andrew's father died when he was a young boy, and his mother quickly remarried. His mother and her new husband forced fourteen-year-old Andrew and his older brother William to a local tailoring job. After working a number of years in the tailoring business, the boys ran away for several years, dodging rewards for their capture placed by their mother and stepfather. Andrew returned to his mother, and the entire family moved to Greeneville, Tennessee. (Elizabeth R. Varon, 2013)

Young married Jean Childs Young ( June 7, 1954-September 16, 1994, her death) then he

David Brearley also made significant contributions to the U.S. Constitution. Brearley was the head of the Committee on Postponed Parts (pg 211) which was a big job. The Committee on Postponed Parts “had to define Congress’s powers to impose taxes and to make war, to decide whether to authorize copyrights and patents, and to plan for the seat of the new government.” (pg 211) The most important job of the Committee though was the matter of structuring the entire executive branch of the U.S. government. When Brearley's committee first presented their plan a few delegates opposed and the committee reworked the plan leading to the original elector system (pg 212). On September 4th Brearley presented the committee's redone plan which was approved

President Roosevelt, and Secretary of State Cordell Hull blocked several attempt to let Jewish refugees, to inter the U.S. They appointed Breckinridge Long, as the U.S. State Department official in charge of matters concerning European refugees. Breckinridge Long was an extremely nerves person with a particular suspicion of Eastern Europeans. He suspected Jewish immigrants of being either communists or German

Constant outrage over immigration to the United States has been on the rise for years now. The Obama administration was constantly ridiculed for being ‘soft’ on immigration. Now, with a Republican controlled White House and a deportation-happy child emperor in the Oval Office, a new hope has risen for individuals who have remained so adamantly against immigration to ‘their’ country. While those on the right will often frame immigrants to be nothing more than job stealing criminals who lower wages and serve as a societal leech, this dialogue is very misplaced. We are a nation built on immigrants, hardworking immigrants who deserve equal opportunity and

Some people may say that English is not very important, but without it we would not know much of what we know today. We have gained so much knowledge from the English language and how it has been change throughout centuries. Robert Browning was a successful, famous, and maintained a critical reputation among one of the first rank of English poet. Anyone could learn different writing techniques, but Robert could write about anything without people questioning his work.

The world was created with the intent that every person might inhabit it and live freely and for the most part most of the people do just that; live freely with little to no restrictions. Yet, there is a small percentage that is oppressed, not openly, not publicly but in the shadows. In this country everyone comes from a line of immigrants. Every settler, every missionary, every pilgrim came to the New World as an immigrant, one who comes to live permanently in a foreign country due to oppression, religious freedom, or to pursue a better life. Yet a pressing issue that has taken a high level of importance in the political and social spectrums is the issue of immigration, how to prevent future immigrants from entering America

Jerome Seymour Bruner is an American psychologist who made signification contributions to educational, cognitive and developmental psychology. This paper will focus on who Bruner is, his main theories explained, plus a comparison between Bruner and Piaget and the effectiveness of Bruners theories in the classroom.