The Italians

Italians start their immigrations on 1870. However, Italy was now one of the most crowed people in Europe, and many people start to leave it. People in Italy were thinking that if they move to America there lives will be better and more economic. There were reason to leave their home and few of the were: Starvation, poorness, high taxes and low wages.

 The journey to U.S was not a happy movie. First they would have to go on a ship and sometimes not all the family could enter to the ship. When they were on the ship the voyage to the U.S last 40 days and sometimes it could take 6 months. If you were on the first and second class your journey would not be the worst one. They could get food on a dinning room and sleep on private beds. If people were on third class( mostly of the immigrants) they will sleep together and the food was sheep.

In United States many immigrants arrive on Ellis Island, New York. Before they could enter to the city and start they new life they would have to be tested by doctors. If the people didn't have a disease or a injury they could enter, but if they were sick or have a disease, they would have to go to their home land. Most of the Italians jobs were Unskilled laborers though, working in mines and construction. (the hard work). And there living conditions on the U.S were not the good. Their religion was Catholics.  In the U.S Italians were discriminated by the citizens of the country. They were discriminated because the US people think that Italians were not loyal to the country and they didn't deserve to be in there United States.

Immigrating to the U.S is a dangerous risk on their life. they didn't what was going to happened. Learning about the Italians immigration, it gave me the opportunity to understand it more intense. It gave me a sad mood because of the people that try so hard and sometimes they die or lose their families. If I was in there position, I would not last a minute to get frustrated and die of starvation or any disease that were given.