Italian Immigration
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There was a mass migration of Italians to America during the latter half of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century. From 1880 to 1920 alone, “more than 4 million Italians immigrated to America, the largest wave of immigrants from any particular country during a forty-year period” (Italian 1). The numbers of Italian immigrants emigrating to the US reached a peak between 1900 and 1910, most of the immigrants coming to America trying to escape the poor economic conditions of their native Italian regions. Initially, many of these Italian immigrants settled in Louisiana, but with the establishment of Ellis Island in 1892 the majority of immigrants coming to America from Italy in the 1900s located themselves in New York and other major North American cities. This analysis will chronicle the immigration of Italians in America in the first half of the 20th century. Included will be reasons why they emigrated to America, difficulties in arriving here and the problems they encountered as they tried to establish themselves in their American home. A conclusion will address the impact this wave of Italian emigrants had on American culture and values in general.There were many push-pull factors responsible for the large wave of immigrants that emigrated to America from Italy at the turn of the 20th century. Where push factors are concerned, most often emigration was sought as an escape from the horrible economic conditions in many reg
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us journey to undergo merely to get to Naples, “In the case of the Oriolaise, their journey began with a six mile walk from their mountain village, to the Ionion sea coast village of Montegiordano. There they could take the train which would carry them to Naples where they would board the ship that would take them on to America. The fare would be as much as forty dollars, a lot of money for that time and this would buy them the lowest class passage available, it was called steerage. It would be about a two week voyage, with hundreds of people of different nationalities sharing quarters under conditions not much better than those which they left behind,” (Early 1).
Many of the immigrants from Italy did not come to America, but instead went to Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela and Canada. Yet, this was typically not by their own choice but because of the fact that they were rejected by US immigration authorities. Many times the reason was stated as health problems or limits on the numbers of immigrants. Ever since World War II and increased quota limits, most Italians have immigrated to Australia. For those that arrived in America, often they were faced with prejudice and ostracism in many forms. Often, many could not speak the
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