A series of changes to passenger lists in the early 1900s added new rich details such as last residence in the old country, final destination, if they were going to join a relative or friend (and who and where they were), plus the name and address of a relative in the old world. ...
Chambers examines West Indian experiences on the north coast of Honduras between the late 1800s and the early 1900s. He follows West Indians as they depart their homelands (particularly Jamaica and the Cayman Islands), arrive to the north coast to find work with the fruit industry and, ...
17. Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Maker’s Strike Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Maker’s Strike of 1909 is by Michelle Markel. This book is a beautiful picture book that shares the biography about people that immigrated from Ukraine to the United States in the early 1900s. ...
Chambers examines West Indian experiences on the north coast of Honduras between the late 1800s and the early 1900s. He follows West Indians as they depart their homelands (particularly Jamaica and the Cayman Islands), arrive to the north coast to find work with the fruit industry and, ...
By the early 1600s, communities of European immigrants dotted the Eastern seaboard, including the Spanish in Florida, the British in New England and Virginia, the Dutch in New York, and the Swedes in Delaware. Some, including the Pilgrims and Puritans, came for religious freedom. Many sought ...
Ellis Island, a historical site in New York City, opened in 1892 as an immigration station and processed more than 12 million immigrants until it closed in 1954.
EARLY IMMIGRATION An exodus of southerners from the peninsula began in the 1880s. Commencing in the regions of Calabria, Campania, Apulia, and Basilicata, and spreading after 1900 to Sicily, Italian emigration became a torrent of humanity. From 1876-1924, more than 4.5 million Italians arrived ...
In the first half of the 1900s, the Immigration and Naturalization Service had a huge job to do. It's no wonder it became bogged down and not able to handle the influx of immigrants at that time. They were responsible for everything from testing for diseases and giving shots to setting...
For example, a large proportion of Sweden’s immigrants are Muslim, which many in Sweden have used as an explanation for immigrants’ differing views and incompatibility in terms of values and culture. There was certainly still a divergence between immigrants and the native-born in the early ...
Remember, the National Origins Act of 1924 had severely constrained immigration to the U.S., both in number as well as countries of origin. In his book, Leonhardt describes how John F. Kennedy wanted to undo this, in the early 1960s. ...