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…and on the campaign trail, he felt immense responsibility to the citizens of Massachusetts who elected him to his seat (Widenor 49). The rapid increase of industrialization within the United States, as well as increased immigration “brought new values and interests…

…with his wife and their families in hopes of achieving ''The American Dream.'' However, ever since Jurgis's feet touched American soil the reality of reaching that dream faded fast. The story of this immigrant was told in such a way that I could not help…

…prompted the creation of this state. Among the first immigrants to the new country were the survivors of the death camps. Their establishment in Israel was supported by reparation payments coming from the West German government. Over time, immigration…

…maintaining an alliance with Americans on the margin, the Democratic Party has alienated middle America, moving far from its New Deal roots as the ally of such groups as European immigrants, Catholics ethnics, and organized labor seeking entry into the social…

…, consisting of people who all roughly have the same age. There is a home-grown New York gang, the Jets, and a gang of Puerto Rican immigrants, the Sharks. The two are bitter rivals, battling for superiority and domination of New York's street territory around…

…, what kind of clothes we wear, and what kind of salary we receive. All of these things are determined by money, as was the social status of Roman citizens. The slaves of the Roman Empire could be compared to the immigrants that live in the U.S.. Though…

…childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood." So begins the luminous memoir “Angela’s Ashes” of author Frank McCourt. Born in Depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants and raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland. Frank's…

…removed, but it may stop immigration of the Indians. Gandhi says that immigration is not an issue we fought for, and it would be wrong of us to make it one now that we are ahead. Gandhi and all other prisoners are then freed. The movie moves to Bombay…

…of public education in a capitalist society is to persuade us to defend the system which exploits us. Modern public education was first introduced to indoctrinate the children of immigrants into the "American Way of Life", "American Culture" and the "American…

…, as segregation laws were not challenged until the mid-1950s. Blacks were not the only minorities who were discriminated on during this time period. In the Pacific Northwest, many newly-immigrated Chinese people were prosecuted unfairly and were convicted on racist…