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Unit 9: Period 9: 1980–Present

Migration and Immigration in the 1990s and 2000s

Explain why Americans moved south and west and why immigrants came from Latin America and Asia after 1980, and what those moves did to politics, work and culture.

Topic 9.5 · 13 min read

This lesson comes with the AP United States History plan

In this lesson

  1. 01The Sun Belt: why Americans moved south and west
  2. 02What the Sun Belt's growth changed
  3. 03The new immigration: who came and why
  4. 04Labor, culture and backlash
  5. 05Worked examples
  6. 06Where students lose points
  7. 07On the exam

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