AMH2097 SHEEPARD PART THREE TEST 3 FINAL ITALIANS AND JEWS Italian Immigrations 1717 1810 Northern Italians First wave of Italian migrates that come to America are well liked 90 000 Small Group North Italian North Italians were very educated cultured and tight with Europe WASPs like them because they were cosmopolitan and they were light skinned fair eyes and hair They look like WASPs Many of the North Italians them were Protestant They were hard working and had money Philip Mazzei North Italian Came to the US to come practice as a doctor Spoke English most North Italians spoke multiple languages Became close to Jefferson loved Italy France Mazzei wrote papers and pamphlets for USA to take arms against British A lot of Jefferson s ideas came from Philip Mazzei s writings Jefferson asks Philip Mazzei for Italian architects to help build the Capital Building North Italians bring Opera to America Artisans Businessmen Artist Professionals Not tied to the Cities they moved all around for their work New York Fishing Businessmen and Restaurants Florida Citrus 1880 1920 Southern Italians Immigrates from Eastern and Southern Europe Southern Italy Rome Naples and Palermo Dark skinned darker features than Southern Italians Backwards the education sucked didn t know how to read or write No Skills other than farming They DID NOT speak English 99 of them were not Protestant they were Catholic or Orthodox or Jewish SAME PULL FACTOR Need for cheap labor More money Jewish Immigrates from Russia had SOME literacy in they hometown Jewish Schools Southern Italy Rome Naples and Palermo Land there was mountainous and rocky Contadini Peasant The farming was shitty with old tools old crops and old methods because they had no money to do anything about it All the rivers are in the North Very few rivers in the South So very little water for farming 1821 8 Artificial Irrigations were in the South because they unification of Italy Because Italy was a part of independent states wasn t a real country until a certain time 1870 Italy was unified as a country after a decade of fighting They people who benefited from this were the North Italians One country one treasury When paying taxes the businessmen and professional will run government over the farmers So the tax money will go to the North Southern Italians are ignored To vote had to be a landowner So Southern Italians cannot vote because they rented the land North promised a land reform for the South Northern Italians build a railroad Goes to the Northern Italian to Paris The Southern aren t connected at all PUSH FACTORS Southerners were being ignored in the political system Starvation Water Drought Exhaustion and Fluids Diseases Cholera Malaria Daily Survival didn t know if they were going to eat get sick each day Natural Disasters still push factors 1906 Mount Vesuvius 1910 Mount Etna Both of these cause the farms to suck ass 1908 Earthquake and Tidal Wave hit Messina 100 000 died Typical Southern Italian Family La Famiglia Everyone in family uncles aunts grandparents cousins Family is everything Campanilismo Spirit of Community Trust family and village They participate in the Catholic Church but DOES NOT trust them All Other Institutions Distrusted Fiercely Independent Southern Italians Catholic Church They used it for Baptisms marriages and for funerals Non institutional Catholics Didn t trust because the Catholic Church owned most of the great land and didn t do anything with it along with the church expected them to pay tithes and taxes Believed that everything that happens to you every day has their origin in the spirit world Spirits Saints and the Virgin Mary Praying to the Saints and the Virgin Mary middle man to God Belief in Magic Believed in cursing and blessings Malocchio The Evil Eye Charms and Amulets wearing this you can save yourself from being cursed WASPs obviously think the Southern Italians were odd Southern Italians Worth Ethic and Honor Very good work ethic Contadini judged each other on work itself not prosperity Hard work was revered Didn t like Rich people who wouldn t work hard Idleness was a sign of moral decay Honor Believed you have to life an outstanding life or you will not go to heaven never tell a lie always helping others never dishonoring someone Vendetta if you did something to someone on purpose or not then family will come after that other family A lot of murders and mafias Can stop by intermarrying the two hating families 7 Million southern Italians came to American in 1880 1920 All didn t stay because they did return migration Padroe s helped immigrants Southern Italians that helped others find jobs in a America They were honest They came to America knowing the session and language Acted as housing finders food finders and interpreters Padroes were paid by American businesses to recruit Some would go from New York to Southern Italy to find recruit to find workers Birds of Passage were Southern Americans recruited by Padroes to come to America to work in factories than return to Southern Italy to live comfortably Worked for about 2 or 3 years 10 12 hours a day 6 days a week Birds of Passages would wear American clothes smoking American tobacco the American issues and news PROUD Show off the American money Respected by villagers when returned to Southern Italy because they know they worked hard in America to be successful SOME would stay in America to work and send the money back to Southern Italy for their families 1 billion back to Southern Italy in 1880 1920 Bought tickets in shitty part of the ships to America The ship with people in it everyone is sick seasick Then the ship stops at Ellis Island Ellis Island 1892 1954 New York City Immigrant ships stop here first Immigration Center Health inspections Dust in eyes go back to Italy FIRST IMMAGRANT Annie Moore 15 Irish Racial reasons Would screen for people we don t want to stay out of America Six Second Physical Doctors would screen for outwore signs of illness very quick Trachoma disease that kept people out Bactria eye infection Contagious Came from farm animals Turned eyelids inside out than blinded you If they find someone that had tracoma than everyone got it because they used the same tools to check on everyone without cleaning it 1st class and 2nd class Steerage you didn t have to go through health screening because you had money After you pass meet Padroes you go to New York Cities most popular Ethnic Enclaves Little Italy and Northern Italian Colonies
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