Trip To America

Change in American government was imperative in expanding the nation. It is ludicrous to believe that as other nations were growing, America would just sit back and watch. Governmental involvement made "the Philippines ours forever" (Document 1). The United States' plan was to take the Philippines, educate, uplift, and civilize them (Document 2). Such a "noble deed" seemed to benefit both the filipinos and americans. During this time, as mentioned in document eight, "we had duties to others and duties to ourselves". Government's changing role made these relationships available to the

On December 31, 1890 a transition in history occured. New York City would start a new era in the history of the United States starting with the opening of Ellis Island as an immigration depo. This attracted many immigrants to the United Stated because of more job opportunities and as means to start a new life. As more immigrants came to America, it began to be known as the "land of opportunities". Immigrants coming in filled work spaces in industries with the hopes of someday becoming successful. These immigrants helped prove to other future immigrants that if you moved to America then you could start a better life for yourself and your families. On the other hand with positives come negatives and there were many involving

A driving force in the economy was the new potential immigrants looking for jobs on the sugarcane farms. The sugar export industry didn’t surge until the 1860s, when access to Southern sugar was cut off during the Civil War. In order for this industry to be commercially profitable, it was necessary to import foreign laborers due to all the external, Western diseases that had wiped out the native population, and the remaining natives were not enough to keep the workforce profitable. The sandalwood trade had already established a relationship between Hawai‘i and China. Furthermore, civil unrest and natural disasters in China made the country difficult to earn a living. Thus, Hawai‘i became an attractive destination for Chinese immigrants — mostly married males who set out to earn money for their families back in China.

In Round-Trip to America: The Immigrants Return to Europe 1880-1930, Mark Wyman argues that many new immigrants that migrated to America from 1880-1930 never intended to make America a permanent residence and many of them returned home to their native countries. He claims that this phenomena is important to the history of American Immigration and is important to the histories of the home land in which the immigrants returned to. In his book, Wyman explores some key ideas such as the reason immigrants decided to voyage to a new land, across the ocean, to what was known as the “land of milk and honey” only to return to their small, and a lot of the time rural village. He also discusses American labor movement and what impact that had on

Stepping out of my first plane ride, I experience an epiphany of new culture, which seems to me as a whole new world. Buzzing around my ears are conversations in an unfamiliar language that intrigues me. It then struck me that after twenty hours of a seemingly perpetual plane ride that I finally arrived in The United States of America, a country full of new opportunities. It was this moment that I realized how diverse and big this world is. This is the story of my new life in America.

Immigration is still a thing today but it was very different in the early to mid 1900’s. There were many types of people coming in and out of the U.S. They all were coming for their own reason. One of the most known reason was just so them and their family could have a better life. Some would go through Ellis Island, the island was pretty much what national services/customs is today. One good reason for the Irish was the famine (Doc. 1). The Irish couldn't grow their potatoes, their main source of food and money at the time. Another main reason was that the Italians were in some hard times and epidemics(Doc. 1). People immigrated from greece also. A Greek man shared his reason for immigrating. His reasons were “Work over there was very bad.

The war saw countless devastating war methods that not only killed thousands but killed them in torturous ways. An example of one of the tactics can be seen in document 13 in which water is forced into a person until their stomach nearly bursts and the person is beaten until they vomit all of the water back out; this is also known as water curing. This is repeated many more times as a way to gain information about the enemy. The American soldiers were not able to differentiate which of the Filipinos was a friend or foe because of the Amigo warfare strategy where the Filipinos pretended to be friends during the day but attacked at night. It is worth mentioning that America also used something similar to this scheme when they first entered the

The migration of foreigners to the United States has been one of the most powerful forces shaping American history this was especially true between 1860 and 1920. (American A Narrative History, Pg. 827). When immigrants traveled to the new land it was an arduous journey. Arriving in large cities often without their families or understanding the language was difficult.

Japanese immigration into California followed quite a different pattern. Needing cheap labor in order to maximize their profits, Hawaiian sugar plantation owners sent agents abroad to recruit workers. Consequently, some 39,000 Japanese went to work in sugar plantations on three-year contracts only to later discover the strains and hazards of working in what historians of Hawaii have labeled “industrial plantations” — an efficient, large-scale system that enabled the yield per acre to increase from just under 6,600 pounds in 1895 to almost 8,700 pounds in 1900 (Cole 1973). But in 1900, the Organic Law made Hawaii a formal U.S. territory, ending the entry of contract laborers while declaring all contracts null and void in Hawaii. As a result, labor recruiters from the mainland descended on Hawaii to lure the Japanese workers away with the prospect

(Zaide 303-304) This started the wave of Filipinos wanting to migrate to the states is search of unlimited opportunities.

Article one is very informative and useful for a person who doesn’t know about Hawaii’s sugar plantations. Plantations in Hawaii have welcomed many ethnic groups and showed how they worked hard labor in the plantations. However, the plantation life was not easy for everyone. Hawaii needed workers for the growing plantations and the native Hawaiians were not enough. So they needed workers from around the world. Plantations started to invite the Chinese, Japanese, and soon enough, the Portuguese. Little did they know, they were in for tough labor.

Robert Beverly expressed that he felt only those in a poor financial situation would dare to venture into the uncertainty that is the “New World”. He feels that a person of good wealth would have no need to leave Europe in search of new lands. Additionally, he points of the unneeded difficultes one would face traveling to and living in America.

“Who you are will show in what you do” Thomas Edison. People have a hard time describing themselves because they haven’t found themselves or the world doesn’t portray them as good enough. So then we try to adjust ourselves into something we're not trying to fit in. Nonetheless, I’ve been taught that being an independent person will take you further than the average Joe because you will separate yourself from the pack. I consider myself as an irregular complex person: I’m compassionate, helpful towards others and dedicated swimmer.

My arm reaches for the closest sturdy object near and in quick fear I turn to face our speeding plane against a race of varied shades of blue and purple streaks attacking the glass window. The running sound of the giant jet engines maintaining power through the sparking thunderstorm would continually cause the entirety of the machine to shake, meanwhile a feeling of mid-crisis washes over me, at least 40,000 feet high in the air, my mind struggles to fight off anxiety and instead focus upon more fulfilling concepts that reassure safety such as remaining hopeful. Perhaps, considered a nightmare or rather a beautiful creation, this intense experience accompanied my journey to America. At age eight years, my family made one of the biggest decisions that would greatly impact the course of my life, and this complete twist of a life path would take me from the Middle East, across the Pacific Ocean to the landing in the city of angels, also known as Los Angeles, California.

After the Spanish colonization for about 360 years, America came and made the Philippines an independent country. US then turned on them and colonized