Cross-Cultural Competency: Immigration History Project - HUM 250

This project examines the history of immigration to the United States, focusing on specific groups and their experiences. The project covers Irish and German immigration in the 1800s, Chinese immigration in the 1800s, Italian immigration in the late 1800s and early 1900s, Jewish immigration in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and Vietnamese immigration in the 1960s and 1970s. It explores the reasons behind their migration (push and pull factors) and their impact on the US. The project includes a background on each group, discussing their origins and the circumstances that led them to immigrate, and their influence on American society. It also includes references to academic sources. The second part involves developing a thesis about immigration's role in the US, based on provided resources and a video.

The history of immigration to
the US
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Irish and German immigration in 1800s
• in the middle of the nineteenth century, a gigantic
measure of populace of Germany and Ireland had
relocated to the US
• Common distress is the essential driver for which the
majority of the settlers
• In the middle of 1820 to 1870, right around 8,000,000
outsiders went to the USA

Contd..
• In Ireland, various individuals were ranchers and the
essential sustenance hotspot for them was potato
• A gigantic measure of individuals were famished to death
where the others have moved to the USA
• Germany faces monetary hardships in center of the
nineteenth century
• Hence a colossal number of Germans have relocated to
USA

Chinese immigration in 1800s
• Chinese settlers initially entered the USA during the
1850s.
• China was confronting an enormous monetary
downturn and many individuals have chosen to move
out of China
• Today roughly 2.5 million Chinese individuals live in
America

Italian immigration in the late 1800s and early 1900s
• In the late 1800s, an immense number of
Italian foreigners have ventured into the
USA
• number of workers was as high as 300,000
• Most of the migrants were from Southern
Italy, for example, Campania, Apulia,
Basilicata, Calabria, and Sicily.

Jewish immigration in the late 1800s and early 1900s
• Jewish people group lived in the US at the
hour of its colonization
• Early people group were for the most part
shepherds
• In1940, 3.7 percent of the general populace
of USA was contained Jews.
• As per a review in 2009, there are 2.1
million Jews living in New York itself.

Vietnamese immigration in the 1960s and 1970s
• Huge scale movement in the USA started after the
Vietnam War.
• The fall of Saigon assessed around 125,000 Vietnamese
outcasts.
• The relocation of individuals in the Indochina area was
another prime explanation for the movement to USA
• During the 2000s, it very well may be seen that more than
1.4333 million Vietnams lived in the USA

References
• Balch, A., 2016. Immigration Politics in the UK and the USA. In Immigration and the State (pp.
97-116). Palgrave Macmillan, London.
• Bohra-Mishra, P. and Massey, D.S., 2015. Intermarriage among new immigrants in the
USA. Ethnic and racial studies, 38(5), pp.734-758.
• Braun, S.T., 2018. Immigration and Labour Markets. In An Economist’s Guide to Economic
History (pp. 79-86). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
• Cafaro, P. and O’Sullivan, J., 2019. How should ecological citizens think about
immigration. The Ecological Citizen, 3, pp.85-92.
• Clarke, C., Joachim-Célestin, M., Rea, B., Lara, M. and Montgomery, S.B., 2019. Immigration
to the US: The Insidious Health Risk Factor. Journal of Health Science, 7, pp.233-238.
• Esposito, A.G. and Baker-Ward, L., 2016. Immigration, language proficiency, and
autobiographical memories: Lifespan distribution and second-language access. Memory, 24(7),
pp.949-960.

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