The fact that Italy was unified promoted emigration of the Italians into America as a means of easing economic pressures that Italy was experiencing. ... However, the year 1880 to the year 1920 were the most remarkable periods in the history of Italian immigration in that it was during this period when close to four million Italian immigrants came into the United States (Minetor 18). ... As such, most of the Italians did not view themselves as Italians. ... The settlement patterns adopted by the Italian immigrants were family-centred whereby Italians from with kinship ties and from the same a...

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HISTORICAL IMPLICATIONS The trends in immigration throughout the history of the United States are clearly written on the "Immigration Timeline" (www.fofweb.com). ... Ethnic, Racial, Cultural, Religious, And Language Groups That Constitute Your Ethnic Heritage My own ethnic heritage is that of a both second generation Italian/Scott and Canadian French. ... Italian food remains a staple within my family as well as the community of which I reside. ... The late 1800s brought Italian, Slavs, and Jews to the northeast. ...

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Looking at the political career of President Wilson, we can see how in his book ''A History of the American People'' reflects his opinion. ... Commenting on the 90s, Wilson said: ''men of sturdy stocks of the north of Europe had made up the main strain of foreign blood Which was added every year to the vital working force of the country.... but now there came multitudes of men from the lowest class from the south of Italy and men of the meaner sort out of Hungary and Poland''. ... This change of attitude was not easy, since it had to deal with those wh...

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Throughout the course of human history, there have always been the oppressed, deprived, and subjugated minorities that suffer under the constraints of the majority. ... These three components shaped America history for immigrants. ... The history of the Chinese people has been long and strenuous. ... The Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first time in history that an immigrant group was excluded on the basis of race. ...

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Throughout the history of the United States, presidential policies have played a crucial role in the development of the country. ... President Harry Truman strongly believed that it is very important to be able to understand history because history tends to repeat itself in one form or the other. ...

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For the past thirty years in the State of California, bilingual education has been undertaken by all the public schools of the state. Under such system, children of non-American ethnic have had a special treatment in their early academic career. Children of minority groups have been thought various ...

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