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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
Format references consistent with APA guidelines.