Ellis Island Immigration Ellis Island was the first federal immigration station in the United States. It first opened in 1892 in the upper New York harbor by the statue of liberty. Then sadly ended in 1954. There were twelve million immigrates that had used the Ellis Island immigration system...

Immigration is an event that has been occurring in New York since the 1624 when the Dutch West India Company assembled thirty families from Holland to established a settlement that became known as New Netherland. Many immigrants came to our nation looking for opportunities that their country could n...

From the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean, our country is a nation of immigrants. We have heard this in many presidential speeches and are constantly reminded of such. Look about and you will see people, faces that were born in a different place or are descendant of people born elsewhere. From New Yor...

Immigration, racial tension, and violence are something that is experienced today and back in the 1860's. In the movie "Gangs of New York", it portrays the same way the immigrants were treated in the 1860's as well as today. In the movie the racial tension and violence was toward...

Social Justice Issue- Immigration The social justice issue I found was on immigration. I found two articles on this matter, one discussed president Bush's preposition of a temporary work program and the other article was on how people at the Republic convention felt about this issue. B...

Honduras Located in middle Central America, Honduras is a tropical country named after the depth of the water along the northern border of the Caribbean Sea (Lexis Nexis). Nicaragua to the South and Guatemala and El Salvador to the West border Honduras. The climate in Honduras vari...

Ellis Island Ellis Island was the major US Immigration hub in the late 1800's and the early 1900's. Between the years of 1892 and 1954 some 12 million were processed at Ellis Island . To many, Ellis Island represented the gateway to opportunity and a new and prosperous life by way ...

A History of gangs in the USA Although it is not fair and certainly not warranted to connect any ethnic group with organized crime, it is a fact that the massive immigration of the early 1900's fueled the creation of the early gangs, particularly in New York City. As more and more immigr...

There was much talk about immigration prior to the 2012 presidential election. Both the Democratic and Republican elects spoke of these issues, acknowledging that citizen diversity is a very good thing for our country. However, millions of people resent the influx of immigrants, believing that Ameri...

In the mid 19th century, New York City saw the first of several immigration waves. Immigrants from various parts of Europe flooded the "New World" in hopes of better wages and living conditions for themselves and their families than those that existed in their native countries. During the...

An immigrant is commonly defined as a person who leaves one country to settle permanently in another(The American..). Over the years Americans have looked with suspicion on the arrival of immigrants. Many permenant citizens feel that they take from the country rather than offer th...

ASTORIA Everything around the world has its own history and features, even my small apartment has its history. While I am taking urban sociology class, I became curious about the history and community of Astoria where I live. Astoria is a part of Queens, one of five boroughs. Astoria settled in th...

Mainly people recognized in the United States today as "Hispanic" or "Latino" are immigrants, or descendents of immigrants from countries that was under the rulings of the immense Spanish empire in the earlier days. Hispanics are one of the fastest growing groups in the United S...

"Here is not merely a nation, but a teeming nation of nations" said Walt Whitman (Lee). The United States of America, now the most powerful nation in the world, was discovered in 1492 by Christopher Columbus, colonized by 1700, freed from British rule in 1776, split in civil war in 1860, ...

During the 19th century there was a rapid growth of American cities due to immigration and migration from rural areas. This rise in the population created enormous problems for city governments, which were often unable to provide for the people and lacked any type of structure. In these condition...

In the year 1922, a young woman, Ellen Welles Page wrote in an article in Outlook Magazine, "We are the Younger Generation. The war tore away our spiritual foundations and challenged our faith. We are struggling to regain our equilibrium. Help us to put our knowledge to the best adv...

Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York is a film that shows the squalor of the worst slum in New York City in the mid 1800's, Five Points. With ten Oscar nominations, it is arguably one of the greatest historical movies to date (Koban). But just how historically accurate is it? While some people think ...

Landmarks Statue of Liberty The Statue of Liberty was designed by French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi and completed in July 1884. The statue commemorates the alliance between the United States and France during the American Revolution from 1775 to 1783, and was funded thro...

Like most Americans, my family is made up of many different ethnic groups. My mom’s side is Irish Protestant descent. My dad’s side is mostly English descent and a little of Native American descent from his mother. There is some in which I do not know because my dad do...

People in the rich world tend to assume that child labor, like slavery, is something that was abolished a century ago and that now only exists in third world countries. This can not be any further from the reality of this issue. In fully developed countries like Canada and the United States, par...

Every creature seeks to find greener pastures, but humans are no doubt the greatest of immigrants and migrants. We are ever pursuing new lives in new places. Throughout many generations the dispossessed continue to emerging and the brave keep moving from the poor conditions to the better. From 1892 ...

During the period from 1865 to 1920, the industrialization of the United States led to many changes. Three areas that exhibited much change were those of urbanization, labor, and business organization. This period of industrialization led to tremendous growth of businesses and the need for ski...

The Radiator Building, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the Steam Turbine all represent the shift from country naturalism to urban naturalism during the 1920s in art. The Radiator Building strongly depicted the shift of city life in its use of buildings but also despair in the change. The Brooklyn Bride rep...

On March 22nd 1861, the New York Times ran an article entitled "STREET RAILWAYS. HOW THEY SHOULD BE CONSTRUCTED. Comparative Advantages of the Various Styles of Rail." In the column :CONSULTING THE PUBLIC CONVENINCE. This article stated that the legislature had passed a bill about City...

During the period from 1865 to 1920, the industrialization of the United States led to many changes. Three areas that exhibited much change were those of urbanization, labor, and business organization. This period of industrialization led to tremendous growth of businesses and the need for ski...