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…companies was their work-forces. The Eastern work gangs were recruited from immigrant Irish, poor Southern whites, and poor Southern blacks, while the Western crews came mostly from China. The Union Pacific was said to be sustained by whisky while the Central…

…, whereas workers from the commonwealth were, by virtue of Britain's majestic model of citizenship, automatically British citizens. On the other hand, the government was concerned with problems of assimilation and whether the new immigrants would be good enough…

…Colonization Society was founded in 1817, which dealt with the return of slaves to Africa. Liberia was founded in 1822, giving former slaves a place to settle and start over. In the 1820's over 1,400 slaves immigrated to Liberia. Due to the great immigration…

…to take advantage of a good thing. In this reading it also touched on immigration. If we have such a problem with welfare and unemployment then why do we allow others to come to our country and work? In Las Vegas alone, thousands of immigrants a month come…

…. For example, since 1971, the Canadian and Quebec governments have negotiated four administrative agreements on immigration that enable Quebec to select and integrate its immigrants. Similar agreements were subsequently concluded with regard to economic development…

…immigrants at any time, and immigrants could be imprisoned during war. The Sedition Act stated that anyone who disobeyed the policies of government could be fined and imprisoned. Federalists couldn't stand them, but they were passed, because everybody said…

…inabilities. Ethan later finds himself providing his family with a minimum income paid by an immigrant boss who bought Ethan's own store from his father in order of not losing it, working as a grocery clerk. This factor leads to Ethan's pity party for himself…

…Major transformations in daily life began in the 1870's for America. One of the main revolutions was that of labor. Industries expanded, immigration boomed, and the need for mass production and efficiency in the workplace was now necessary. In order…

…Sinclair wanted to expose the evils of capitalism, and the suffering of the wage earners. Sinclair follows the life of Lithuanian immigrant family that moves to Chicago in hope for a better life. Meatpacking industry is focused upon as the author describes…

…and her family and the hardships they had to contend with during and after the Second World War. Her parents are first generation Japanese immigrants who have emigrated from Hiroshima, Japan to the United States. The children themselves were born in the United…