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…<Tab/>World War I not only had a significant impact on the individual people of the United States, but also on the American society as a whole. In Good Americans: Italian and Jewish Immigrants During the First World War, Christopher M…

…America was not a great place to be in the late 1800's, especially if you were a Native American, immigrant, or African-American. The Native Americans' homelands were brutally taken over, and they were forced to live on reservations. The immigrants had…

…Between 1865 and 1900, American industry workers experienced both good and hard times. Labor Unions were forming, and these new creations often produced better lives for the workers. However, waves of immigrants were also coming into America, which…

…sub-community of eastern European Jews call it home. The four immigrants studied differ in their nationalities and are unique in their own ways, but share many common beliefs and rituals. Although different in many ways, the obvious being the age gap…

…for the world. To prepare herself, she graduated from Rockford College in 1882 and founded the world famous Hull-House near West Side Chicago. It was a large house, run down in the midst of a densely populated immigrant neighborhood. Ms. Addams knew…

…Helena Maria Viramontes grew up in Los Angeles where relatives used to stay and live with her family when making the transition from Mexico to the United States. This is where she got her first taste of the lives of immigrants in this country within…

…of people flowing into Australia there was population growth. The population shot up from nine million to nineteen million. Ten million increase had a big impact on Australia. Government passed an act called Immigration Restriction Act in 1901. This act…

…Sidney Myer and his brother, Russian immigrants, opened the first Myer store in 1900 in Bendigo. They continued to prosper and opened another Myer store in 1908. After establishing themselves in Melbourne, the two brothers expanded the business setting…

…In 1924 Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1924. This act made it so that many immigrants weren't allowed into the country. The exclusion act accepted only two percent of the population of each nationality according to the census of 1890, instead…

…Immigration Patterns of the United States During the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, America had changed focus from agriculture to industry, and people moved from rural to urban areas. People were searching for jobs, and many…