what are the reasons why did italians migrate to america?
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Mostly opportunity. Italy was heavily populated and had few jobs at all. Employment was the main concern.
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The reasons for this "Great Migration," as it came to be called, are complex. Thousands of African-Americans left the South to escape sharecropping, worsening economic conditions, and the lynch mob. They sought higher wages, better homes, and political rights
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I'm guessing this is about the transcontinental railroad.  If thats the case, it caused more immigration by...\n1. Directly creating jobs, many immigrants migrated and worked for the railroad industry.\n2. The Railroad industry itself allowed many other jobs across the US to be created due to the shipping of materials and goods to factories (which before weren't possible because there were no means of transportation.)  The materials used in factories allowed for faster production, which lead to the need for more workers, which lead to many immigrants coming to the US to work for low wages.
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so i guess we should tell the irish and italians and all those other people that immigrated in the past maybe they should go to. sorry you are so fixated.  hopefully some day you will make a friend with an alien and hear their story.  good luck
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italians or any one in that region
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I have a very good impression of Italian people. They seem to be very nice, friendly and outgoing. I think that they have a lot in common with us Brazilians.
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Reasons to come\n1) Better job opportunities\n2) Higher salaries\n3) Less corruption\n4) More freedom\n\nReasons to stay\n1) You're in your own country and can do whatever the hell you want\n2) No one is going to look down on you since it is YOUR country\n3) They speak  your native language so it's way easier to communicate\n4) You won't have to adapt to a different culture.
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that may be part of it but the main reason is because a LOT of rich business men who own big companies use cheap, immigrant workers rather than pay decent wages to American citizens.the same reason big business has moved to China,India,etc.
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I'm American and live in Italy - have for many years.  Americans think often that they are the best, but they don't see beyond the easy life many have there, the shopping, the everyday things.  In Europe we see life as being a part of the world - when things don't go well in other countries, it becomes our problem.  Even if things in America are going wrong, it affects us.  Unfortunately Americans are not as free as they think - they are not told many truths, and they think that they are being told the truth.  Don't want to sound like I am 100% right, but I feel that living in Europe, possibly Italy where I am, is not a worse life because of less money, but a better total life - with a deeper concern for what happens all over the world. At least our news is more honest, and people seem to know what is going on, and worrying more about it.  It makes life a little more realistic, and not just fun and games, which seems pretty common in the States (like I said, don't want to generalize - it's my feeling).
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the people are comparable to Italian Americans just happen to actually live there
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B - because of the advances in mainland China, it forced the US to fight a two front war.  The Japanese caused the americans, and Russians to have to balance their military efforts.  If the US and Russia could have spent less time in Asia, then they could have taken care of the German and Italians faster.
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because people are in need. 1 person working the farms or people's landscaping for meager wages support whole families in these countries, many times work several jobs and dont have attendance problems or have problems w/working overtime. \nthis country was built on immigrants. so all these italian , irish, german, european descent american citizens, remember where your great grand parents came from.
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The U.S. was one, a newly discovered continent.  It was a grand adventure.  Also, the newly formed government was a grand experiment.  Never before had a government been formed on the theory of democracy in such a large scale.  It afforded freedoms almost unheard of around the world.  Freedoms like, no matter what economic status you came from, you could make yourself better in America.   And, no matter what status you were born to, whether a prince or a pauper, you could succeed in America.  The struggles over racism weren't only over blacks, but included Irish, and Italians, and Asians.  Even with these racial struggles the opportunities afforded every individual were far better than most folks could find in their home countries.
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Italians are smart business people, they helped make this country what it is today. They're good lookin' , sexy, they speak with authority, their familes come first, Italians stick together to help others of their race. I'm 81% Italiano and 19% German.
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Historically, African-Americans always lost anytime immigrants came to America. Usually, employers would prefer to hire immigrants than African-Americans. Ignore the modern-day stereotypes of African-Americans not "wanting to work" or the notion that African-Americans feel that "the world owes the something". During the days of the Jim Crow, when African-Americans move to the North to find industrial jobs, (circa 1870s and 1914) America was experiencing a huge influx of immigrants from Italy, Eastern Europe and Southern Europe. Usually in many cases European immigrants had NO HISTORY in the United States and had A POOR COMMAND OF ENGLISH, and they were immediately hired by industrial companies. THE ONLY TIME THEY WERE HIRED WAS WHEN COMPANIES WERE SCARED OF UNIONIZATION. It was only until the time period after World War I and World War II, when America had the restricted immigration that African-Americans were able to get jobs and LIVE THEIR AMERICAN DREAM.  African-Americans may seem anti-immigrant because they  see history constantly repeating itself. The stereotype that "black people are too lazy too find jobs" is a myth because companies prefer to hire immigrants because they don't know their rights in this country, compared to people that have been in this country for GENERATIONS and have fought in every single war SINCE THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Now, the reason why it is more beneficial to hire illegal immigrants is that THEY DON'T KNOW THEIR RIGHTS IN THIS COUNTRY. African-Americans they were born here KNOW THEIR RIGHTS and are not AFRAID TO SUE if they need  to be respected. Also African-Americans KNOW THE MEANING OF "MINIMUM WAGE". Minimum wage means the lowest amount someone can pay you according to the LAW. African-Americans know that.Employers don't like that.\n So, there is a lot of history, when African-Americans moved to the major industrial cities in the American North for opportunity and were denied opportunity(I know this may anger people, but because of racism). They would rather hire immigrants than people who were born and raised in the United States. Secondly, some African-Americans think that illegal immigrants are "cry-babies". To African-Americans the plight of the illegal immigrant PALES IN COMPARISON to the history of black people in the US. That is why many African-Americans are non-chalant about the entire issue.
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People you are talking to apparently hate the idea of you liking America ...\nMaybe because you are attractive and they don't want you to leave...\nI know a couple of Czech cousins that love Americans.\nBTW America does not automatically impoverish an immigrant. My great-uncle from Armenia did very well.\nHe started out as a butcher. I worked for a mason off the boat from Italy. Now he has his own company and a big brick house...some immigrants make it.
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Japanese immigrants are in the USA for the same reason your ancestors moved here.  For the opportunities to make something of yourself.