through a series of events to get to Ellis Island and my experience there is worth telling. I will tell you about my voyage there‚ the very maddening inspections‚ and all my little experiences in-between and after. Let me tell you about my journey to get to Ellis Island. As you know‚ I went to Ellis Island to live with my mother since my father had passed away roughly 7 years ago and I was living with my aunt and uncle in Italy. My mother had gone to Ellis Island a few years previous to my own journey
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This is a creative essay on Ellis Island‚ describing life as an immigrant who went to Ellis Island through first-person. All facts and dates are historically correct. I come from Spain. My name is Carmina Diaz. I immigrated because of the Cristero War‚ in Spain. The war was actually a rebellion of the Roman Catholics in Spain who were persecuted by the government. There were dangers such as raids and the death toll was growing higher every day. Being a Catholic Christian family who simply wanted
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Irish Immigrants and Their Struggles Shelby Stauble ETH/125 3/21/10 Twyler Earl The Irish people left Ireland and immigrated to America to enjoy a better life‚ get away from the poverty and starvation that they were faced with in Ireland due to the potato famine. They face all kinds of discrimination and were forced to take the worst types of jobs‚ but they never gave up and kept fighting for their freedom. The Irish were brave‚ courageous‚ and hardworking
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Ireland for this? Irish immigrants suffered many problems with their environment especially. It caused mostly starvation upon tons of other things. As you may know‚ potatoes were a big supplement in Ireland. In 1845-1845‚ there came the ’Great Hunger’ or The Irish Potato Famine. There was a famine that passed through the potato crops causing diseases such as typhus and dysentery‚ as well as bringing a massive death toll of 2 million from starvation and disease. Overall‚ Irish immigrants fled to America
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The Journey Home As I imagined immigrant life was dreadful. From the long ocean trip to the unwelcoming arrival at Ellis Island .I feel that immigrant children had it the worst not being like other children. In addition I will be telling you more about the ocean trip. The disastrous ocean took a little more than six long months. This trip seemed even longer than it was because of the disgusting features of the boat. On the boat was over 300 people but the ship only had 2 bathrooms. Diseases were
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day where my family and I was packing our bags to go to America or at least I hope. My heart was racing and my mind couldn’t keep up with all the things going on inside my mind. I can’t wait to get to America. I’m just thinking about all the things I could be able to do. We had one last breakfast together and it was the best meal that I had all year. But that breakfast was the most important because we were going to leave my mother hear at Ellis Island because we didn’t have enough money to take her
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Discrimination and Prejudice Endured by Early Irish Immigrants Candance Miles 9034484288 ETH/125 10-30-2011 Malcolm Shannon Irish immigration to the United States was prominent after 1845-1848 due to a famine in Ireland. The Irish were seeking survival but endured many hardships because of prejudices against the Catholic religion. The Irish were also subject to face segregation and racism. Their daily lives were affected by redlining‚ double jeopardy‚ dual labor markets‚
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“Why the New Jobs Go to Immigrants In March of 2005 a journalist by the name of David R. Francis form the Christian Science Monitor wrote “Why the New Jobs Go to Immigrants”. He argued that millions of American jobs had been taken by illegal immigrants; this was because former president George Bush was letting them. He figured it would grant them a way for U. S. citizenship. Many people would agree with David Francis’s claim and why he expressed that more illegals have jobs than Americans. Throughout
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Irish Influencing America Ways The Irish traditions influence many things in American that we Americans really barely even realize The annual celebration of Saint Patrick’s Day is a generally known as a sign of the Irish existence in America. One of the largest celebrations of the Irish holiday takes place in New York‚ where the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade draws anywhere to two million people. The second-largest celebration is held in Boston at the South Boston Parade. It’s one the nation’s
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who opposed to the Civil War‚ draft and Emancipation Proclamation. This paper will discuss how the Irish immigrants in New York affected the draft riots of 1863‚ and the reason behind their participation‚ exploring specifically the social‚ class and racial issues the Irish immigrants faced. The United States saw an influx of Irish immigrants due to the Great Famine (potatoes) in Ireland. The Irish were misunderstood especially in New York because many of them came from the rural farm lands in Ireland
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