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1800-1820
Territorial expansion led to the introduction of different immigrant groups, such as German, Spanish and French speaking people (Stevens, 2000).
European languages were more readily accepted than languages from Africa, Spanish speaking countries, or Indigenous people of the Americas (Wiley, 2014).
1820-1840
1839 Ohio passes a law allowing for bilingual German-English education in a Cincinatti school (Alden Analytics, 2021).
The law was permitted on behalf of a request of immigrants who spoke German (Alden Analytics, 2021).
1840-1850
Louisiana passes a law allowing French-English instruction in 1847 (Alden Analytics, 2021).
Native Americans maintained schools with own language, and impressive numbers of biliteracy (Wiley, 2014).
Legally admitted immigrants total nearly 2 million by 1850 (Stevens, 2000).
1860-1870
In 1864, congress passed a law prohibiting Native Americans from being taught in own language (Alden Analytics, 2021).
Illiteracy laws against African-Americans prevalent until 1865 (Wiley, 2014).
New Mexico passes a law allowing Spanish elementary schools in 1870 (Alden Analytics, 2021).
Citations
Alden Analytics. (2021). The history of bilingual education in America. Preceden.
Stevens, G. (2000). U.S. Immigration Policy and the Language Characteristics of Immigrants. In Defense of the Alien, 177-191.
Wiley, T. G., and Hale De Korne. (2014, March). Historical Orientations to Language Policy in the United States. LPREN Brief.
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