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…1. Some of the immigrants who came to the US between the Civil War and WWI include the Irish, Germans, Italians, Polish, Jews, Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans. Groups such as the American Protective Association, the Immigration Restriction League…

…Writen by Randy j 11/28/00 This papar was writen for political Life 1110 America has, is, and will always be a nation of immigrants: the great melting pot. In the years that have passed since Emma Lazarus' poem was inscribed on the Statue of Liberty…

…America is thought of as an enourmous pot where many races and nationalities were blended into one new nationality. This concept is known as the "melting pot." During Industrialization many "new" immigrants were on their way out of Southern…

…Current Issues Issue 16 For some the issue of immigration has become a matter of whether or not it damages us as a nation. The idea or definition of a nation has changed in part to immigration. It seems that we are no longer a nation that is united…

…How did institutions and individuals in the United States react to the arrival of immigrants? Institutions took advantage of the immigration wave due to the fact that labor was cheaper and now there were people willing to do the dirty work of canal…

…The effects that immigration has on the United States are limitless. There have been endless debates over these effects since as early as the colonial times. The economic, fiscal and demographic effects are three major topics that tend to rule…

…Immigration to Canada Early immigration to Canada was generated by a network of emigration agents who were salesman who advertised to Canada’s attraction’s to prospected immigrants. They targeted wealthy farmers, agricultural laborers and female…

…-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” In the late 1800's and early 1900's, a time period known as the Progressive era, there were massive waves of immigration to America. More than a million immigrants arrived in each of the years 1905, 1906…

…The first immigrants to the territory now the United States were from Western Europe. The first great migration began early in the 19th century when large numbers of Europeans left their homelands to escape the economic hardships resulting from…

…Illegal Immigration One of the most controversial issues in politics today is that of illegal immigration. There are thousands of immigrants that arrive in the United States each year. Over the years, illegal immigration has been growing despite…