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Nolan M

American Immigration Past and Present - 0 views

  • America has served as the destination point for a steady flow of immigrants
  • Their numbers declined with the onset of the Revolutionary War during the 1770s
  • picked up strongly again during the 1840s and 1850s.
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  • this need was filled once again by immigrants arriving from Europe.
  • 25 million arrived between 1866 and 1915
  • immigrants had come mainly from northern European countries such as England, Germany, and the Scandinavian countries
  • 1880s most new immigrants were arriving from southern and eastern European countries such as Italy, Poland and Russia.
  • World War I in 1919, immigration declined dramatically
  • low through the Depression era of the 1930s and the World War II years of the early 1940s.
  • began to increase again during the late 1940s, and has risen steadily since that time.
  • The current phase of immigration history began in 1965, when strict quotas based on nationality were eliminated. In 1978, the United States government set a single annual world quota of 290,000, and this ceiling was raised again in 1990 to 700,000.
  • pace that at times has exceeded one million new arrivals per year
Jeff M

Coming off a Super Bowl loss, Colts face new opponent: 'The Curse' | IndyStar.com | The... - 1 views

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      it is hard to bounce back after losing the champoinship
  • of the past
  • It's called "The Curse" and whether or not you choose to impute the attendant carnage to something so shadowy and sinister, the facts are irrefutable: Seven
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  • nine Super Bowl losers have failed to qualify for the playoffs
  • x have had losing records.
Tad R

Ford, Dr. Justina (1871-1952) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed - 0 views

  • with her practice in their Illinois neighborhood. 
  • Justina accompanied her mother on her neighborhood rounds and from an early age aspired to become a doctor.
  • On graduating in 1899, Justina set up practice in Chicago, but her husband was called to Denver’s Zion Baptist Church in 1900 and Justina followed him in 1902.  
Kate A

Brown, Clara (1803-1885) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed - 0 views

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      She used to be a slave.
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