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West Indian and Italian Immigration to the U.S.

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on to other large metropolitan regions, such as Chicago (Blinn College, nd). Between 1880 and 1920, however, five million Italians migrated to the United States (Hutchmacher, 1967). They were  not welcomed with opened arms but even the discrimination they faced in America was better for some of the immigrants than the situation at home. Italy was still ruled by  a feudal system that kept the average person in a state of fear and poverty. Many of the men who came in the mid- and late-1800s did so with the  intention of working only a couple of years and then returning to Italy with the funds they had accumulated - America was supposed to be the land of hope and  of plenty and they believed that if they worked hard, they could accumulate a little wealth and return to provide better for their families (Hutchmacher, 1967). By the turn of  the century, however, more and more of the Italian immigrants were women and children (Hutchmacher, 1967). Italian immigrants typically established entire neighborhoods of Italian immigrants and as new immigrants  arrived, they sought out what was to be known as Little Italy in whatever city they moved to (Hutchmacher, 1967). These little cities could eventually be found in New York,  Chicago, Boston and other metropolitan areas (Hutchmacher, 1967). It was these Little Italys that helped the people retain their own culture because here, they could be themselves, prepare their food,  and practice their celebrations (Hutchmacher, 1967). As early as 1880, Italian immigrants established an Italian-American newspaper called Il Progresso Italo-Americano (Hutchmacher, 1967). They also formed their own fraternal and immigrant-aid  societies, such as the Sons of Italy, which would eventually become a national federation (Hutchmacher, 1967). The societies emphasized the importance of preserving the Italian culture here in America