Race Pendleton 4/29/13 Italian Immigration 1880-1920 Many people have emigrated from Italy to America over the past few centuries. During the time period of 1880-1920‚ the largest number of Italians arrived in America as nearly four million Italian immigrants came to the states. Most came from either Sicily or southern Italy and were mostly comprised of lower income people. A majority of the immigrants were known as the "birds of passage". Life was often hard for Italians in America as they were
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The artifact that I picked from Metropolitan Museum of Art is called Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara of the Lion’s Roar. It is a large wood statue of an Avalokiteshvara‚ the basic idol of Buddhism‚ completed around the 12th century in China during the Ming Dynasty. The Buddha Statue is a representation of the philosophical belief system of Buddhism. Different Buddha Statues have different meanings. Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara symbolizes "the compassion in the world and the willingness to bear the pain
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series of natural disasters‚ civil war and oppression from Northern Italy the Southern Italians started coming to America in flocks between 1876 and 1976. The most concentrated migrations of Italians happened between 1880 and 1920. Italians came to America not to escape these hardships‚ but to work and send money home to Italy in order to get their families out of poverty. Seventy percent of Italian immigrants were men and less than ten percent of them worked in agriculture‚ a sign that their stay
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A primary source gives people insight on matters from someone who witnessed the event first hand. Primary sources were important to understanding the slavery debate because they reveal the beliefs of the author during the time of slavery‚ in this source‚ the author (a white male) shows that ‚depending on your class‚ occupation‚ personal experiences‚ and region you can have a totally different opinion than another person. The primary source reveals that even during this time people knew that slavery
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about the process of integration of the immigrants in Italy. For me‚ the process of immigration in this country is very reflective of both the Italian people’s attitudes towards immigration as well as the current state of their governmental affairs. What I have realized is that while the Italian people are generally opposed to the influx of foreign people and cultures‚ the disorganized state of their national government is not capable of keeping these immigrants out and from permeating their culture
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Primary Sources from the 17th Century: Weakness and Strengths Not very many accounts have survived from the early Northern Colonies; thus‚ the accounts that have survived are held with great esteem. However‚ primary sources are not always the best things for an historian and students to study if they are wishing to receive a completely accurate and unbiased outline of history. In many cases primary sources‚ such as Words of the Bewitched‚ and Observations of New England Indians‚ are riddled with
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Primary source analysis by Charalambos Poulikidis Main topis is “9/11” Primary Source Analysis of “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” by Jonathan Safran Foer The book “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” was writer by Jonathan Safran Foer. He is a young author‚ born in 1977‚ Washington‚ D.C. Foer graduated from Princeton in 1999 with a degree in Philosophy and he is best known for his two novels‚ the “Everything Is Illuminated”‚ which took National Jewish Book and Guardian First Book Award
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Graded Assignment Korematsu v. the United States (1944) Use the background information and the primary sources in the Graded Assignment: Primary Sources sheet to answer the following questions. (2 points) Score 1. What did Fred T. Korematsu do that resulted in his arrest and conviction? Answer: He challenged the government order to evacuate all Japanese into war camps. (2 points) Score 2. According to the first paragraph from the excerpts of the majority opinion‚ what did the U
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Michael Doody Period: C/ December 19 Primary Source Analysis Reynolds v. United States Reynolds v. United States‚ a landmark court case in 1878‚ upheld anti-polygamy laws previously established. The issue was whether or not the federal anti-bigamy statute violated the First Amendment ’s free exercise clause because plural marriage was part of religious practice? Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite stated that the law can penalize criminal activity without regard to religious belief. The First Amendment
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First Primary Source Analysis: Nathaniel Bacon on Bacon’s Rebellion In 1893‚ the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography was established. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography was a journal of the Virginia Historical Society. They published articles and book reviews on Virginia and southern history. In 1894‚ an article was published about Nathaniel Bacon and his rebellion. Bacon’s Rebellion was an uprising that began in 1676‚ against American Indians and the government in the Virginia
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