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Category: /Literature
…to the Immigration Bureau. Eddie replies " Oh, Jesus, no, I wouldn't do nothin' about that" but, he does. In the next month Eddie reports that there are two illegal immigrants in the apartment above him. Two officer's come and arrest Marco and Rodolpho and they are put…
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…. The West was also one of the first sections to stop drinking. Because there were fewer people more radical views and plenty of new immigrants to support temperance. Even though many states in the South and West had taken up the banner of prohibition…
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…understand?" There is no question why this character is so admired, he has the traits that everyman ever wanted. He was brave and ruthless and was honest. This showed immigrants and people world wide that, "The world is yours.", and anything can be accomplished…
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…of the experiences of these children is to define their identity. Therefore, for children that belongs to two cultures is not easy to find their identity, especially if they come from immigrant families. In the story "The Good Daughter," Caroline Hwang, an American-born…
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Category: /History
…rapid industrialization in the mid to late 1800s was fueled by a constant flow of immigrants. Transportation of goods and people was made easier with the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869. Reconstruction ended when federal troops were…
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…though Marijuana is the only "legal" drug in Netherlands... Here's some statistics about the problems; * 80,000 - 100,000 unemployed * 18,000+ illegal immigrants * 3,000+ homeless * 7,000 drug addicts of which some 2,000 live on the streets…
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Category: /Literature/English
…Fidel Castro Ruz was born on August 13, 1926 (some sources give 1927), on his family's sugar plantation near Biran, Oriente, Province. His father was an immigrant from Galcia, Spain. He attended good Catholic schools in Santiago de Cuba and Havana…
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Category: /History
…"Little Italies" of the roughly 5 million Italians who arrived at Ellis Island by the early 20th century more than 1 million remained in NY. Today passports, immigration papers, and wooden trunks have passed through their families are a silent testimony…
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Category: /Literature/English
…the holds. The Irish were jammed in like cordwood, gaining a bit more room as dead bodies were heaved overboard. During one storm 178 immigrants were shoved down among the cattle, where half of them quickly suffocated. If crosses and tombs could be placed…
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Category: /Literature/English
…and unfair segregation laws. After the depression in the South, lasted from 1914-1915, wages dropped to be no higher that $.75 per day. At the same time agents from the North were persuading Blacks to migrate. This was because the immigration numbers dropped…
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