Portuguese Immigration
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Many groups of immigrants from cultures around the globe have come to America at different times and in different numbers over the past two hundred years. From the Italians, Jews, Germans, and Irish to the Filipinos, Japanese, Chinese and Hispanics America has assimilated many cultures into its melting pot mixture of peoples. Despite their differences in language, customs, values, manner and dress, these immigrants have had on things in common. Most or all of them had sought refuge on America’s shores because of deteriorating social, economic, or political conditions in their native lands. Massive poverty, lack of employment, natural disasters, disease, corrupt governments, deposed governments, and, relatives who had immigrated before them and became successful in America represented push and pull factors for their immigration. Most of them also experienced similar conditions upon arrival in America: racism and hostility; lack of jobs with decent wages; language barriers; corrupt landlords, employers and politicians. This analysis will explore the Portuguese immigration to America during the 19th and 20th centuries. The Portuguese have a historical tradition of exploration and colonization, so it comes as little surprise that they also have a historical tradition of emigration. Yet, the Portuguese would not migrate in waves until the late 1800s and 1900s. F
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of immigrants from any given country at 3% of the 1910 U.S. census. This meant if a country had 1,000 emigrants in the U.S. in 1910, only 30 (or 3%) could immigrate per year under this new law. In 1924, another quota law was passed, allowing 2% of the 1890 U.S. census which was purposefully written to allow more northern Europeans to immigrate. The 1924 law was revised in 1929. Under the quota law of 1921, only 2,520 Portuguese were allowed to immigrate to the U.S.; in 1924, this was revised to 503; and revised again in 1929 to 440. It should be noted that in 1921, 19, 195 Portuguese immigrated to the U.S., then each year after that, immigration dropped off dramatically as the new laws took affect.
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The 1924 law is significant to Portuguese immigration history to the U.S. because after quotas began to affect immigration fewer and fewer Portuguese were allowed into the U.S. However, the 1924 legislation is also significant to American history and immigration trends because it was designed to allow for more immigration of northern Europeans to America. This action served to separate cultures like the Portuguese from the majority of American immigrants who were from northern Europe. This was not o
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Approximate Pages = 20 (250 words per page)
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