Reflection On Italian American Immigration

Between 1860-1900 almost 14 million people came to America.Another 14.5 million came between 1900 and 1915.Even more significant than the increased in numbers was the changing character of immigration during these years.

Little migration was happening, but four decades later immigration increased rapidly. Many from Britain, Ireland, and Germany moved to America

Between 1900 and 1915, about fifteen million immigrants crossed over to the United States. That is about the same number of immigrants who had came to the US

The Great Migration arose between 1910 and 1970. The Great Migration, or the rearrangement of more than 6 million African Americans from the rustic

From 1815 to 1850, five million Europeans immigrated to the United States, and three of those five million arrived within just a decade from 1845-1854. This was the largest immigration America had seen compared to its total population. Most of the immigrants were either Irish or German, but they all had one thing in common: they wanted better lives for their families. In their home countries, they often experienced religious persecution or had little economic opportunity. Many heard the exaggerated stories of the abundant American farmland and widespread freedom, making them more eager to settle there.

The United States has had two main eras in immigration and these two eras drew migrants from different regions. Select the correct eras and regions.

In the years 1910-1970 our country saw one of the largest population shifts in history. More than 6 million African Americans trying to escape segregation laws and poor economic opportunities fled the South in hopes of finding a better way of life in the North, Midwest, and West. This would later been called The Great Migration.

As the first day of man began, there has been immigration of man throughout this great country of America. Many immigrants came for a better way of life for themselves as well as their family. Some stayed where others went back to their nation of origin, yet they all made an impact on us today as Americans.

Between the years of 1870 and 1930, there was an influx of about 5 million Italian immigrants seeking a new life in the US, out of the 5 million immigrants who arrived there, 4/5 were from the South of Italy. Most Italians left their native land in pursuit of a more economically stable, prosperous and happy life didn’t come without prejudice, racism, animosity and questions. For, the Italian Immigrants that were seeking this fruitful life across in America, the main and concerning question was of their own culture, ethnicity, and race. Going to the US meant leaving behind all that was familiar and accepting, and become “white”. To hold truthfully to this custom one must obey and sacrifice not only their way of life, but essentially who and

Many Italians made the United States their home, but getting to the Land of the Free was not easy for them. Many things made the Italians move from their country, and many things brought them to the United States. They faced many hardships while in the country. They all managed to find work in different areas, and in different time periods. They also left important legacies.

Starting around 1890, some 25 million immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe poured into the United States. These immigrants are known as the “new immigrants,” which was the third and largest immigration wave from Europe. Unlike the old, the new immigrants were mostly Jewish and Catholic, and very few understood English or even had experience in the working city life. One specific group of the new immigrants, were the Italian immigrants. There was approximately five million Italians immigrants that came to America between 1890 and 1920, which made the Italians the largest ethnic group of the “new immigrants” to immigrate.

The “great migration” is a historical movement of approximately 1.3 million African Americans from the Southern to the Northern United States from 1910 to 1930, settling primarily in large industrialized

One thing that contributed to the rise of America was the large amounts of immigrants pouring into this country. During the 1880 's to the 1920 's, America saw its greatest arrival of immigrants in history. Counts upwards of 25 million showed people arriving here mostly from Eastern and Southern Europe. At this time, more immigrants, and different nationalities of immigrants, were traveling to America than to any other country. As the majority of them sailed across

The Great Migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North began as a trickle after the Civil War and became a flood by the second decade of the twentieth century. About 1.75 million black people left the South between 1910 and 1940, which resulted in the population of blacks outside the South doubling by 1940. Three main push factors that influenced the migration of African Americans were pushed from their rural homes, wanted better job opportunities, and wanted to escape the injustice in the judicial system.

There have been several major waves of immigration throughout the history of the United States. The first dated from 1783 to the early 1800s. Between 1820 and 1870, there was a rapid increase in the number of immigrants who came from northern and Western Europe. "About 7.5 million arrive, mainly from northern and western Europe (especially Great Britain, Ireland and western Germany)." (American Immigration Timeline)