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…-wide concern. In the early 20th century, more than 13 million people, especially from Southern and Eastern Europe, immigrated to the United States. These people were predominantly Jewish or Catholic. Older traditional Americans, mostly from Anglo-Saxon…

…is not what it was said to be. Big business took advantage of the immigrants in so many ways it is impossible to mention them all. Working environments were harsh and unsafe. If a man was injured on the job there were no types of compensation for him during his…

…million immigrants entered the United States through the portal of Ellis Island, a small island in New York Harbor. Before being designated as the site of one of the first Federal immigration station by President Benjamin Harrison in 1890, Ellis Island had…

…, immigrants from all over the globe penetrated these borders, forcing the nation to expand further and further west. People flocked from Ireland, Britain, Italy, Russia and numerous other European countries. By the 19th century, America was already a nation…

…certificate entitling him to admission to this country. This story traced back to the time after 1870 when a huge number of immigrants from China arrived in the U.S. The U.S government, terrified by an allegedly economic depression and misperception causing…

…to colonize that Americas: gold, God, and glory. They also had rather effectives ways of doing this. In the 16th century, roughly one hundred thousand Spanish immigrants, most of whom were former soldiers, began coming over to the Americas. These immigrants…

…. “Patriotism is not xenophobia.” Beijing Review, 1996 Nov 25-Dec 1: 8 Periodical Abstracts 03071235 Velikonja, Joseph “American Xenophobia and the Slav Immigrant. A Living Legacy of Mind and Spirit.” International Migration Review, 1996 Fall: 822-823…

…The nation's immigration quotas expanded allowing more newcomers to enter the United States legally than at any point since the beginning of the twentieth century. The Immigration Reform Act of 1965 had eliminated quotas based on national origin…

…and structure, and immigrant labor. These five points not only improved the existing industry, but they revolutionized how the American industry would be run for the next generation. As with any change in an existing system, there were a few problems, the main…

…and structure, and immigrant labor. These five points not only improved the existing industry, but they revolutionized how the American industry would be run for the next generation. As with any change in an existing system, there were a few problems, the main…