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…1864 that made it almost impossible for a Confederate state to return to the union-Lincoln would not sign Reasons for Immigration: Homestead Act-gave 160 acres of land to immigrants planning to be citizens for a $10 registration fee, political freedom…

…-1800s immigration to the North skyrocketed. Jones says, 'the immigration (many escaping the Irish potato famine) were willing to work for almost anything and withstand inhumane factory conditions.' Although this exploitation was extremely cruel and much…

…to immigrate into Canada arrived in the 1960's. They established themselves in large cities like Toronto or Vancouver. Since the 60's the number of Indians specifically Hindus has risen. According to a 1991 censns, the Hindu population had grown towards 157,010…

…reach her happiness. After her family immigrated to Nebraska, they had to run their farm. The whole family had to work hard to make a decent living. This didn’t let Antonia receive a good education, which would have helped her obtain a high-quality job…

…American Identity For hundreds of years, people have been immigrating to the United States in search of freedom, better living and the fulfillment of the American dream. Being an American means to uphold values of independence, responsibility…

…year, those who gave little were threatened and cursed. As a effect Eric Kimmel remarks “The arrival of the Irish in America spawned a great interest in Halloween”(20). In the late 1800’s, nearly 7.4 million immigrants came to America bringing…

…made people believe that there were more communists in America than there actually were. People just got caught up in this communist chaos which led them to fear more than necessary. These fears led to McCarran Walter Immigration act of 1952 which restricted…

…the Australian landscape came into being. In the final step came the new immigrant plant life from Asia. As Australia came into closer contact with Asia about four million years ago, some of Asia's plants began colonising suitable parts of Australia. As they were…

…as a result of their working environments. In the novel, Sinclair writes about Jurgis's Lithuanian immigrant family who moves into the disgusting tenements and meat packing factories of Chicago. There, they suffer the loss of all hopes of success…

…two opposing societies and could not have been abolished with out the Civil War. The North was very industrialized and had a stable economy in comparison to slave-dependant South. During the mid-1800s immigration to the North skyrocketed. Jones says…