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…often sits in the outhouse in blasphemous conversation with the Virgin Mary, "the Bible open on her lap, a cigarette hanging from her lips and a glass of whiskey in her left hand." The immigrant experience has always been integral to the American…

…“Andy was born in 1930 in Pittsburgh as the son of Czechoslovak immigrants. His original name was Andrew Warhola. His father was as a construction worker and died in an accident when Andy was 13 years old.”(Andy Warhol Bio) “Andy showed an early talent…

…it reflects that Sam is simple as well. Or perhaps this cliché is used to contrast with Sam who is so obviously not a cliché of a typical immigrant. The fact that it is not clear why Wodehouse chose this phrase makes it most interesting to me. Another example we…

…of Amnesty International. Often innocent people and teenagers were beaten from police officers. An other kind of minorities whose rights are often disregarded are the immigrants. Many slaves were brought to the USA in the 18th century and later they were cheap…

…was not Mexican, a white immigrant to Mexico) and cultural tradition set against the reigning Americanization: everything mixed with a peculiar sense of humor. Her life was marked by physical suffering, it started with the polio she contracted at the age…

…on European manufactured goods helped limit foreign competition and encouraged the growth of American industry. The Administration encouraged labor unions. The government's homestead laws gave free land to settlers. Immigration was encouraged, as was the settlement…

…families in England that immigrated to Massachusetts in the seventeenth century. William Greenleaf Eliot, Eliot’s grandfather, moved to St. Louis after he graduated from Harvard in the 1830s. There he became a Unitarian minister, but the connection to New…

…in the European sense of holding a legally enforceable title. However, there was recognition on these defined areas. With the arrival of European immigrants, governments, and laws brought jeopardy to the Amerindian people. Europeans claimed lands either through…

…that stands for new and better ideas and laws, so too an immigrant becomes a new man when he becomes an American. The common thread that weaves the “Declaration of Independence,” “Letters form an American Farmer,” and “Nature” together is the principle…

…and miserable conditions that claimed most if not all of their loved ones. The impact of this tragedy still lives with many people to this day. Jewish immigrants are still looking for family members that were separated or murdered. Because of this the Jewish religion…