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- 51: A Bintel Brief
- ... used the Bintel Brief to reveal there problems and to get answers. When I started to read the book I was looking for specific answers to some questions. What do the letters reveal about how immigration was a large part a culrutal process that lasted well after Jews and other immigrants arrived in the U.S.? What was the dominant definition of what it meant to be an American at the ... the expectations met? What else do the letters reveal about the late 19th Century through the 1920s? These questions really give the purpose of the book itself. The letters of the Bintel Brief reveal that immigration became a cultural process. When the Jewish immigrants came to the U.S. there culture had to be changed to adapt to the Americans. They shaved their beards and ate non-kosher foods, they slowly ... other jobs. As soon as they found out that I was a Jew they began to torment me so that I had to leave the place, said the boy (64). The letters do reveal that immigration was a cultural process. What made you an American during the time of the Jewish arrivals? To be an American in those times, meant that you must be born on the American soil. Also ...
- 52: K.k.k.
- ... to prevent the causes of mob violence. I believe in closer relationship of capital and labor. I believe in the prevention of unwarranted strikes by foreign Labor agitators. I believe in the limitation of foreign immigration. I am a native born American citizen and I believe my rights In this country are superior to those of foreigners." By reading this creed it is rather easy to pick apart and decipher the KKK's aims and motivations. After World War I, the American people began to fear many things including immigration, separate religions such as Catholicism, alcohol, employment and their basic freedoms. By playing on people's fears, the KKK began a rise to prominence. Simmons as well as new leader, Hiram Wesley Evans promoted a 100% Americanism agenda in which they were strictly for the rights of Americans. They were for morality, Protestantism, liberties as well as temperance and restrictions on immigration as can be seen from reading the creed. When a Klan was to start in a city, the KKK would look for a specific kind of individual, one who would adhere to the creed. ...
- 53: Proud To Be Canadian
- ... no differences at all. And that's what makes this sham 'diversity' such a living hell. So, Canadians are effectively and quite efficiently crippled. We are not permitted to talk about issues of diversity or immigration without being accused of racism which violates section 2 (b) of the charter, that states "Every one has the freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression," and there is still people who believe that "We ... population is shrinking and aging, and immigrants will cheerfully shell out for Canadian pensions when the time comes. Instead of encouraging the growth of Canadian families with incentives, the government rather opens its doors to immigration. But Canadians were never consulted about changes to the national policy. They are just not convinced that they like, or want, even more immigration. Canada reached the hog-wallow of lows when it limited 'free speech' to a point where it became unclear to anyone who supported the idea but of course there have to be limits. After ...
- 54: Make US Citizenship More Difficult
- Make US Citizenship More Difficult The United States Immigration Laws should be revised in order to make citizenship become more difficult and decrease the number of immigrants migrating to the United States. The above resolution that seems to be constantly floating around in congress has become extremely sensitive since President Clinton has been in office. President Clinton has been openly supportive of revisions to the Immigration Laws held by this country. He also strongly backs the tightening of United States borders. Immigrants are extremely vital to the American way of life because immigrants are an enormous part of the background of ... country was founded by settlers who were indeed immigrants, and then the move westward was again aided by the millions of immigrants constantly joining the new country. Native Americans alone could say that they oppose immigration, or could they? Did not their ancestors also migrate to the continent of North America? How then can men or women calling themselves United States citizens be opposed to immigration? The most profound and ...
- 55: A Nation of Immigrants: An Overview of the Economic and Political Conditions
- ... from their native land from the 1830's to the 1860's, due to famine, oppression, and poor living conditions. These Irish immigrants were able to obtain low wage jobs. Phase two began with the immigration of Chinese people from the 1850's to the 1870's; these people came due to recruitment efforts by the United States and in hope of obtaining better living conditions. The Chinese became employed mostly ... immigrants came to live in Western America after migrating from their land to Hawaii from the 1880's to the 1900's. The Japanese people had also been recruited as laborers. The third phase of immigration to the United States began with the Mexican people from the 1910's to the 1990's, due to labor shortages from Europe and Asia. The Puerto Rican people started arriving in the 1940's ... in the labor force. These Europeans had been recruited from their countries, and they had also left for other reasons such as famine, political and economic problems and the hope of a better life. The immigration of Europeans laid the foundation of patterns of racial conflict. The African people that were now free from slavery began working as low wage laborers for entrepreneurs. In some cases African Americans were used ...
- 56: Marranos: A Lost People
- ... Jews from its borders as well. Anti-semitism was growing in Western Europe and the Jews needed to escape. The prime choice seemed to be so obvious. The Jews went to the New World. The immigration of the Marranos to the new world might have begun with none other than Christopher Columbus. This, of course, is not definite, but there has been research which has shown that Columbus was indeed a ... s religion. One can see from the Karaites, how the religion changes when the Marranos were forced into hiding.9 Now with an understanding of the Marrano's situation, we can begin to discuss their immigration to America. Before this immigration is detailed, there must first be an understanding that the secrecy of the Marranos does lead to some varying interpretations of their immigration. The Marranos , by the 1600's, had been keeping their religious ...
- 57: A Bintel Brief
- ... used the “Bintel Brief” to reveal there problems and to get answers. When I started to read the book I was looking for specific answers to some questions. What do the letters reveal about how immigration was a large part a culrutal process that lasted well after Jews and other immigrants arrived in the U.S.? What was the dominant definition of what it meant to be an American at the ... the expectations met? What else do the letters reveal about the late 19th Century through the 1920s? These questions really give the purpose of the book itself. The letters of the Bintel Brief reveal that immigration became a cultural process. When the Jewish immigrants came to the U.S. there culture had to be changed to adapt to the Americans. They shaved their beards and ate non-kosher foods, they slowly ... other jobs. “As soon as they found out that I was a Jew they began to torment me so that I had to leave the place,” said the boy (64). The letters do reveal that immigration was a cultural process. What made you an American during the time of the Jewish arrivals? To be an American in those times, meant that you must be born on the American soil. Also ...
- 58: Asian Exclusion Laws
- ... the 1907-1908 Gentleman s Agreement. Although the laws had some differences, they were quite similar and had similar impacts on the immigrant population. The 1882, Congress enacted the Chinese Exclusion Act, which outlawed Chinese immigration. It also explicitly denied naturalization rights to Chinese, meaning they were not allowed to become citizens, as they were not free whites. Prior to the Chinese Exclusion Act, some 300,000 laborers arrived in California ... in exempted classes such as merchants, students, diplomats, and travelers (Chan). An unknown number illegally entered through the Canadian and Mexican borders and many others entered as paper sons. The act did not prevent Chinese immigration per se; it simply prevented most legal immigration. The 1907-1908 Gentleman s Agreement was the result of a conflict between the San Francisco school board and the Asian (particularly Japanese) community related to school segregation. President Roosevelt made an agreement with ...
- 59: Ellis Island
- ... known as Castle Clinton on the Battery at the tip of Manhattan. When that facility became too small for the large number of immigrants arriving in the country, they chose Ellis Island as the new immigration center. After erecting new wooden buildings, it opened in 1892 but those buildings burned in 1897. New buildings were erected in 1900 and it reopened. Eventually the control of immigration was turned over to the Federal government. Ellis Island was the principal federal immigration station the “Gateway to America” in the United States from 1892 to 1954. More than 12 million immigrants were processed here. Over time, the immigration station spread over 3 connected islands with numerous structures ...
- 60: Canada's Religion History
- ... praised, the changing atmosphere of the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth century brought forth an era of anti-Semitism and turbulence for Canadian Jewry. In this period of advancement, the country’s open immigration policy welcomed Eastern European Jews and in turn changed the face of Canadian Jewry forever. The increase in Canada’s Jewish population, combined with the highly anti-Semitic influence of Europe, stirred previously idle feelings ... be a far more industrious and progressive nation.” In general, life was prosperous and secure for the Jews of mid-nineteenth century Canada. As programs and anti-Semitism became more widespread in Eastern Europe Jewish immigration into Canada increased. These new Jewish immigrants were very different from their earlier counterparts: By 1914 it was not the Anglicized, comfortable, integrated community it had been thirty years before. Rather, the majority of Canada ... Jewish population had swelled to forty thousand. Consequently, they were seen as a threat to ‘traditional French-Canadian rural values’ and as such were unwelcome. There were many factors that influenced Canadian response to Jewish immigration and help explain why it coincided with an increase in anti-Semitism. In French- Canada anti-Semitism was rampant as people feared the loss of their French identity. The anti-Semitic thoughts and stereotypes ...
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