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19 Cards in this Set
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political philosopher, friend of Jefferson, influence on Declaration of Independence
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Filippo Mazzei
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first director of Met
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Cesnola
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president of Gtown in 1812
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Giovanni Grassi
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missionaries that worked with Indian tribes, linguists
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Joseph Cataldo, Giovanni Nobili
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most famous Italian sculptors in America
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Brumidi and Piccirilli brothers
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founder of Youth Italy, tried to free Italy from Austrians, spoke out agst. Catholic church
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Giuseppe Mazzini
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worked to ensure domination of Italy by the king
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Conte di Cavour (Count Cavour)
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King of Sardegna, Piemonte and Savoy. First king of Italy
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Vittorio Emmanuele II
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father of modern Italy -- 1 mille conquered Italy
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Giuseppe Garibaldi
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South constituted _% of emigrants
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60%
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immigration quota that limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 3% of the number of persons from that country living in the United States in 1910
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Emergency Quota Act of 1921
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law that limited the number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States in 1890
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Johnson-Reed Act of 1924
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at least _ million italian immigrants in US in 1930
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4 million
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approximately _% of Italian imigrants returned to Italy
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50%
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after massive emigration, _ industry suffered but _ improved
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agriculture suffered, education improved
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major Italian explorers
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John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto), Amerigo Vespucci, Giovanni da Verrazzano, Columbus
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founder of L'Europee-Americano and L'Eco d'Italia, spokesman of Italian immigrant population in NY
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Francesco Secchi di Casale
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fought for North in US Civil War
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Francis Spinola, Luigi Tinelli
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Americans were or were not in favor of the Risorgimento / Italian unification
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were in favor, but they didn't like it being ruled by a king
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