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As in many other places in the world, Italians in America clustered into groups related to their place of origin. For example, the Neapolitans and Sicilians settled in different parts of New York, and even people from different parts of Sicily settled on different streets.
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library.thinkquest.org/20619/Italian.html
library.thinkquest.org/20619/Italian.html
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Most Italians found unskilled work in America's cities. There were large colonies in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore and Detroit. From 1900 to 1910 over 2,100,00 arrived. Of these, around 40 per cent eventually returned to Italy.
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www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAEitaly.htm
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Chapter 4; ITALIANS IN AMERICA: THE FORMATIVE YEARS (1600-1880) ... 10Giovanni Schiavo, Italian-American History, 2 Volumes (New York: 1947) contains a mine of information relating to the cultural contributions of Italians in America.
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www.clevelandmemory.org/italians/partii.html
www.clevelandmemory.org/italians/partii.html
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Pan American Exposition & WW2 Historically, there are many reasons why people decide to leave their homes. Among these are political or religious persecution, overcrowding at home, and poverty. The last reason is, no doubt, the one resp...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071205052...
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After many Italians had decided it was time to immigrate to America, they realized that they would face a multitude of difficulties in order to get there. First the Italians would have to have enough money for the boat and to get settled.
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www.iona.edu/faculty/dwilliams/130/martino.html
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Italian immigrants migrated to America because they wanted to escape the unhealthiness of Itlay. They wanted to better their lifes, and be able to choose their own religion. They also had a poor country and they had no jobs.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_did_Italians_Immigrate
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; Coming to America by Betsy Maestro ... 1880 First Italians immigrate to America. ... 1970's Dominicans, Haitians and Jamaicans immigrate to America due to poverty and unemployment.
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www.hawaii.edu/hga/GAW98/journeyattch.htm
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Journey To America by, David Kuchta ... Ships were the only way for a person who wished to immigrate to North America for travel and the voyage was long and could even be fatal.
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www.tccweb.org/immigration.htm
www.tccweb.org/immigration.htm
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The settlement of Alberta was part of a national strategy that saw massive immigration as a tool for building a nation from coast to coast. The reasons why Italians began to immigrate to North America were economic ... The reasons why Italians began to immigrate to North America were economic.
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www.albertasource.ca/abitalian/background/altaoverview....
www.albertasource.ca/abitalian/background/altaoverview.html
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