...Immigrating to America was the hardest thing I have ever done. Waiting for the airplane that would take us to an unknown land was terrifying and agitating. Just like every other immigrants, my family sought for new opportunities in life. I remember when I first started attending American elementary as a first grader. I was one confused child who didn’t know anything that was going on. My classmates kept talking to me in English which I only knew a little of. They took interest in the fact that I was foreign speaking some strange language that sounded so different from their English. It was one rough year since everything was new and different culturally. Making new friends was especially difficult for me because I was tremendously shy and...
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...Pioneer women had been following their husband to the west since the early colonial days. While supporting their husband with the move, the Pioneer women always feared for their family lives. The women spent days working on the farm, cooking and providing a fine home to raise good children. The most important skills were farming, cooking, sewing, crocheting, running a large home and raising small children. They were middle class women. All of these skills can be used by their children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews in the next century or even today by following the historic patterns of previous generations which is created by memories, habits and life lessons. The immigrants emigrating to America were of German, Ireland and England...
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...individuals who are in favor of it and many who are not, for several different reasons. I think however that immigration should be strictly monitored for the reason of the events that we have recently experience over the last eleven years, beginning with the World Trade Center tragedy. I believe that individuals should have a right to immigrate if they so choose however I think that it should be for the right reasons. There should not be any such thing as illegal immigration in the United States. While I understand that we have many large borders that would need to be patrolled I think that the mother and father of the eight year old who died in the Boston Marathon bombings would agree that no value can be placed on a life. Taxpayers in America pay hundreds of thousands of dollars each year to the individual who chooses not to work and have seven kids to obtain hundreds of dollars in governmental assistance a month, and that does nothing to keep our nation safe. Therefore in perspective it may be worth the man power and the money to save the lives of the American people. With that being said I believe the only solution to the Indian Question would be to open up immigration completely to all countries around the world. Therefore you would not be considered to be attempting to remove different ethnicities and races of individuals from our country. While I think that the Indian Question was different because the Indian’s were here first and therefore they would have been the ones...
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...plane ambled across the sky, basking in the bright afternoon sun. I slowly reached up and slid the round window cover open, letting the intense sunlight in and watching the vast ocean expand below. I squirmed with anticipation in my seat and excitedly glanced around the plane cabin. Traveling to this new world seemed like a fascinating adventure to my five-year old mind. I stared in utter amazement through the window as the sun set with a faint scarlet glow; light shimmering off the clouds and waves below. I longed to see the shores of America peak over the horizon. As my initial excitement gave way to exhaustion, I quietly drifted off to sleep, dreaming of a new and exhilarating life in the United States. Initially, I did not realize the consequences of moving to a foreign country. Once I stepped off the plane, I heard people around me speaking the equivalent of gibberish. Unsurprisingly, communication ended up being the first issue with immigrating to the United States. Being shunned as a result of not being able to communicate was part of every day at school. Alone and friendless, I spent many afternoons in a corner of the playground watching the other children play. Because I had no friends, recess became...
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...States was long, tiresome, and full of interrogation. The immigrants faced several roadblocks because of their heritage or their background. This story is going to talk about the life of an immigrant leaving her home country of Poland on a journey she will never forget. Her journey starts in Poland in 1905 and ends in New York. My name is Lisa and I am a 43-year old woman, and I live in Eastern Europe (Poland). Things are not so great where I live right now. The reason for my wanting to go to the United States typically rested on the push of hardships at home - including a lack of economic opportunity, religious discrimination and political persecution - and the pull of the expectation of a better life in the "Promised Land" ("Immigrating To America, 1905", 2005). I have chosen to leave everything and everyone I know behind to better my life in the United States. There has been talk of jobs in the U.S., and that is where my voyage will take me. My voyage will start as I begin my travel across Europe to reach Ellis Island, because I cannot afford first- or second-class tickets to board the steamship, I will have to go through processing before continuing on my journey to “The Promise Land.” My journey to get to a seaport covered hundreds of miles across Europe. I traveled by foot mostly, but got a ride on a horse every now and then. Once I boarded the steamship, I was sick to death of how I was going to have to live for the next twelve days. I boarded a steamship to make the...
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...Economics Opportunities Paper University of Phoenix US History 1865 to 1945 HIS/120 Alison Cundari Economic Opportunities Paper As the America experienced changes and progressed economically the demand of immigrant labor has become popular. With this in mind as a promoter I would like to seek new immigrant labor from Europe to fulfill the requirements and demand of workers in our country. Better opportunities, economic growth, immediate employment as well as other incentives will be given to all interested immigrants that would like to come from Europe to the United States. First for individuals that are interested in immigrating to the United States from Europe many opportunities will be offered that would improve the lifestyle that was previously encountered in his or her country. All immigrants will be provided with a better life as better opportunities will be given not only for working situations but also personal lives. Some examples would be living in a non-slave country, granting housing and having available land to farm freely. Similarly, political and economic freedom will be given to all immigrants coming to our country without discrimination. The most important incentive would be to have immediate employment presented to all immigrants. With this employment immigrants will come across better opportunities as he or she will be able to purchase food, clothing or supplies needed for survival. At the same time, new...
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...Cause-Effect Essay for ESL Academic Writing 2 Causes of US Immigration It is often said that America is a nation of immigrants. It is hard to disagree with this because immigration has made America what it is today. Prosperity and increased opportunities are the major factors that make people leave their native countries and come to America in search of a better quality of life. US immigrants come from different countries, have different skin colors and speak different languages; however, one thing all these different people have in common is their desire to build new better lives for themselves and their future generations. Political and social freedom, as well as better employment and educational opportunities in the United States are the major factors today that make this country so attractive for immigrants from all over the world. Many come to the United States in search of political and social freedom. There are so many countries in the world where the government and politicians are corrupt, overly controlling and intolerable of minorities. The governments of these countries make it almost impossible for those people who practice different religions or oppose the countries’ regimes to exist. These people are often suppressed, persecuted and sometimes even executed. They live in constant fear for their lives and the lives of their children. There is no other hope or choice for these people than to leave their countries in order to escape cruel punishments and gain freedom...
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...Since my grandfather passed away before the immigration to America, my grandmother decided to take her children, including my father to America; away from the Laotian people. During the immigrating to the United States, the Laotian soldiers were hunting and killing those who helped the Americans (CIA) fight the “Secret War”. Frighten mothers with crying children would feed them a small dosage of opium so that it would help put them to sleep. A sleeping child meant absolute survival for the entire immigrating Hmong community, because if the Laotians heard them, the Hmong people would be killed on spot. Sadly, some children’s body could not take the small amount of opium and they would die along the way, once that happens, the parent of the dead child would either commit suicide or wander around the woods until found by Laotian soldiers. Along with all the troubles of a crying child, there would only be four or five Hmong soldiers to help guide a group of four hundred Hmong civilians across the Mekong River (C. Xiong, personal...
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...GKE Task one GKE Task One Michelle Alley Western Governors University Part A: A significant physical geological factor that contributed to the rise of the great early human society of Egypt over 7000 years ago was the importance of the Nile River. None of the achievements of the remarkable ancient Egyptian civilizations would have been possible without the Nile. (ushistory, n.d.) It's population was contained, yet protected by a narrow 1,000 mile long stretch of highly fertile land. The Nile valley and the people that lived there were protected by geographical features. To the east and the west of the Nile were impassable deserts. North and south were protected by rugged highlands and deeply eroded valleys providing extra protection from outside forces.The Nile provided a means of food for early peoples being an area rich with fruit trees, vegetation and fish. It later became a center for agriculture. Having a fertile soil and long growing season the people of the area became excellent farmers. The Nile also provided a means of trade. Not only could goods be exported but lumber was able to be imported from Syria and the Lebanese woods that contributed to the great architectural structures of the period. (Orlin, 2007) The Nile was a central factor in the early Egyptian culture. It was so significant that the calendar was developed around the flood cycle. Not only did the Nile provide food, water and transportation. The reeds from the Nile were used to make...
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...Immigration in the U.S. has increased over the years both legal and illegal. This wouldn’t be too bad if it wasn’t for the amount of people immigrating. When so many people are leaving Mexico/Central America and coming to the U.S. both economies are affected severely by the amount of immigration. In order to stop this we have a few options, but the best one is to make immigration unnecessary. If we help other countries it will slow down immigration rates because not as many people would want to leave their countries to go to America if there’s nothing wrong with the current country their in. People will still want to go to America, but not so many that it has a big impact on America’s or other countries’ economies like it has with the recent...
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...What was immigration like in Ellis Island and Angel Island? How did immigration differ in each place? Although it seemed to be opportune to come to America in the 1900s it was also deplorable in many ways. Ellis Island was an immigration station of the east coast in New York City and it was a symbol of hope and opportunity. Angel Island was on the west coast in San Francisco and it was an immigration station and detention barracks. Angel Island was a very undesirable place to be and it was seen as the opposite of Ellis Island. Ellis Island, which you probably have heard of made a great impression to people but it was also a dreadful place for some emigrants. At Ellis Island in New York City people frequently came from Europe. It took around...
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...The American Dream: the belief that in America, anyone can make something of themselves. However, is the American Dream a reality or is it simply an illusion? In the novel, Drown, by Junot Diaz, the author describes the story of a young boy, Yunior, who grows up in poverty in the Dominican Republic. The son of a man who has left his family to find a better life in America, Yunior struggles to understand who he is while also understanding his culture and the direction of his future. After immigrating to America with his mother and brother, Yunior realizes that life in Paterson, New Jersey, is not everything he imagined it would be. He falls into a life of crime and drugs, shutting himself off from the opportunities, while also realizing that...
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...The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic is the imagined America in which all the good culture myths are put into play. Historically, Americans believed their economic and social culture to be above others, especially those who were immigrating to the country from Europe. To those who were aware of the incoming population, the newcomers had no real comprehension of what it took to be the quintessential American. Frederic took these prejudices and turned them into the characters of this novel in order to show his own thoughts on what it took to preserve American values; being able to incorporate not only one’s own culture but others in order to live a full life. Through characters like Theron Ware and Celia Madden, Frederic is able to...
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...(“Cultural Savvy,” 2011) Now America is becoming a salad bowl culture. With the melting pot title, every culture immigrating to America blended into one culture. Since then, we have been receiving people from countries that have never been part of the melting pot before. We are now beginning to take on the flavor of a salad. When you have a salad, each ingredient maintains its own distinct flavor apart from each other ingredient. With this type of culture, we have become a nation that is no longer blended as one culture. The reason for this dramatic change in the culture of America is that people relocating to America are not as willing to adapt, and those already here are not as accepting as they once were. Even though out of many one, remains our country’s motto, multiculturalism does not work because one culture is not accepting of another and new cultures do not want to change and adapt. For many years, people who immigrated to America were mostly of European heritage. These immigrants wanted to become part of the “melting pot” culture. When these immigrants came to America, one would have thought that the first thing they did was to begin to learn the English language although for the first generation of immigrants this was not true. Many of the first generation European immigrants did not want to lose their old way of life. Although, the future generations were not in agreement with this idea. Their desire was to come to America for a better life, and in their...
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...countries. They would like to ensure a good and safe future not only for themselves, but also for their children. Immigration to developed countries from developing countries is a widespread phenomenon currently to countries such as United States of America, Canada, and Australia. According to Dodamin and LaPorte (2005), “Better standards of living and quality of life, higher salaries, access to advanced technology and more stable political conditions in the developed countries attract talent from less developed areas” (p 487). There are several causes that lead people to leave their lands, such as unstable political issues, poor education systems, and inadequate healthcare systems. 2 Currently, political issues are a major cause of immigration. Many citizens do not have a right of free speech in their countries; for instance, Libya was controlled by a dictatorship that ruled the country for forty-two years, there were limited human rights for Libyan citizens who did not have any freedom of speech during the Gaddafi regime. In 2011 a Libyan Revolution and Civil War took place that lead to the overthrow of the previous dictatorship regime but still did not result in freedom of speech; hence, many Libyan individuals are still immigrating from Libya due to political instability. As of 30 September 2011, 706,073 people had immigrated from Libya through borders, or by sea due to the civil war (Abdelfttah, 2011). In addition, there is oppression from different ethnic groups; for this...
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