Contributions of immigrants in the United States. Immigrants are being part of this country since early 1800s and till this day they have contribute to forged what is call now United States of America. Today the Hispanic population in the United Sates has grown to almost 20% of our entire population. With African Americans being almost 13%.
Despite the competition for jobs, many Irish immigrants supported and became leaders of union efforts, maybe because they well understood the power of organizing to meet needs. For example, Mary Harris, later known as Mother Jones, committed more than fifty years of her life to unionizing workers in various occupations throughout the country. Her dedicated effort resulted …show more content…
This “New Immigration” was a major change from the “Old Immigration” which consisted of Germans, Irish, British, and Scandinavians and occurred throughout the 19th century.
Between 1900 and 1915, 3 million Italians immigrated to America, which in terms was the largest nationality of “new immigrants.” These immigrants, mostly artisans and peasants, represented all regions of Italy, but mainly came from the mezzogiorno, Southern Italy. Between 1876 and 1930, out of the 5 million immigrants who came to the United States, some were from the South, representing such regions as Calabria, Campania, Abruzzi, Molise, and Sicily. The majority were farm laborers or laborers, or Contadina. The laborers were mostly agricultural and did not have much experience in industry such as mining and textiles. The laborers who did work in industry had come from textile factories in Piedmont and Tuscany and mines in Umbria and …show more content…
It was hard for them to get used to once the slave abolition came in place, because most of them were slaves all their lives and that’s all they know to do. Now we have so many of them that made history, like Martin Luther King Jr, Sammy Davis Jr, Mohamed Ali etc. Chinese and Japanese came to this country finding gold in the Gold Rush Days and they became part of this country as well. But when WW2 strikes most Japanese families were sent back because of terrorist believes after the Pearl Harbor attacks in 1941. Pat Morita is one of them and suffered the relocation of his family.
The Mexican migration is the latest one and till this day is the biggest. Start in 1900s and it didn’t stop at all. Even thou now we have more Mexican leaving this country than coming because of all the rules the government are taken in place. The Hispanic culture From the Cuban rhythms in South Florida to the Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Peruvians, Bolivians, Columbians and other cultural influences in New York City, Chicago and Boston to the Mexican culture found in the great Southwest, Texas and California, America’s cultural history would not be the
Despite the competition for jobs, many Irish immigrants supported and became leaders of union efforts, maybe because they well understood the power of organizing to meet needs. For example, Mary Harris, later known as Mother Jones, committed more than fifty years of her life to unionizing workers in various occupations throughout the country. Her dedicated effort resulted …show more content…
This “New Immigration” was a major change from the “Old Immigration” which consisted of Germans, Irish, British, and Scandinavians and occurred throughout the 19th century.
Between 1900 and 1915, 3 million Italians immigrated to America, which in terms was the largest nationality of “new immigrants.” These immigrants, mostly artisans and peasants, represented all regions of Italy, but mainly came from the mezzogiorno, Southern Italy. Between 1876 and 1930, out of the 5 million immigrants who came to the United States, some were from the South, representing such regions as Calabria, Campania, Abruzzi, Molise, and Sicily. The majority were farm laborers or laborers, or Contadina. The laborers were mostly agricultural and did not have much experience in industry such as mining and textiles. The laborers who did work in industry had come from textile factories in Piedmont and Tuscany and mines in Umbria and …show more content…
It was hard for them to get used to once the slave abolition came in place, because most of them were slaves all their lives and that’s all they know to do. Now we have so many of them that made history, like Martin Luther King Jr, Sammy Davis Jr, Mohamed Ali etc. Chinese and Japanese came to this country finding gold in the Gold Rush Days and they became part of this country as well. But when WW2 strikes most Japanese families were sent back because of terrorist believes after the Pearl Harbor attacks in 1941. Pat Morita is one of them and suffered the relocation of his family.
The Mexican migration is the latest one and till this day is the biggest. Start in 1900s and it didn’t stop at all. Even thou now we have more Mexican leaving this country than coming because of all the rules the government are taken in place. The Hispanic culture From the Cuban rhythms in South Florida to the Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Peruvians, Bolivians, Columbians and other cultural influences in New York City, Chicago and Boston to the Mexican culture found in the great Southwest, Texas and California, America’s cultural history would not be the