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Buy here: http://student.land/hst-165-week-2-immigration-experience / Imagine you are a European immigrant to America, trying to adapt to the new life you sought. You want to share your experiences with your family back home so they will better understand. Choose a country of origin and religious tradition: Country of origin · Poland · Italy · Bulgaria · Greece · Ukraine · Czechoslovakia · Serbia Religious tradition · Catholic · Jewish

HST 165 WEEK 2 Immigration Experience

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Buy here: http://student.land/hst-165-week-2-immigration-experience/ Imagine you are a European immigrant to America, trying to adapt to the new life you sought.

You want to share your experiences with your family back home so they will better understand.

Choose a country of origin and religious tradition:

● Country of origin

· Poland

· Italy

· Bulgaria

· Greece

· Ukraine

· Czechoslovakia

· Serbia

● Religious tradition

· Catholic

· Jewish

· Lutheran

· Other Protestant

· No religious tradition

Write a 700- to 1,050-word first-person description of your experiences as an immigrant to

America in the late 19th or early 20th century. The description should take the form of a journal

entry, autobiography, or diary.

Include descriptions of the following:

● The political, social, or economic factors that precipitated your migration ● The journey across the ocean, including sleeping accommodations and available food ● Ellis Island ● The city you settle in and why ● The racist attitudes of some Americans ● Tenement housing ● Factory conditions, hours worked, and pay ● The status your children eventually achieve

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