Has the number of immigrants been increasing steadily? Will it
tend to increase?
8. Has the present rate been long continued? What proportion of the
population of the United States is derived from immigration
subsequent to the American Revolution?
9. * Do you think there is any serious menace in such large numbers
of immigrants? Why?
III. _Why do Aliens Come_?
10. Name the principal causes of immigration. The principal
classes.
11. What American ideals have the greatest attractive power? What
opportunities?
12. Give some typical instances of immigrants' stories. * Would you
have wished to come under the same circumstances?
13. What other forces stimulate immigration to the United States?
What agencies?
IV. _What Should be our Attitude toward Aliens, and What is our
Individual Responsibility for Them_?
14. * What is the Christian attitude toward these newcomers? How
can we remove prejudice?
15. * What is our personal responsibility as Christians in
improving the condition of aliens?
REFERENCES FOR ADVANCED STUDY.--CHAPTER I
I. Compare modern immigration with the migration of peoples in
earlier times; for example, those of the Hebrews, Aryans, Goths,
Huns, Saracens, and other races.
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