Italian Immigration to the United States

Italians migrate from Italy for many reasons for poverty, lack of health care, strict classification and exploitation. In the 1870s, large immigrants began in southern Italy. This is the region that is traditionally the most poor, with the least opportunity for land.

Most immigrants who migrate at the turn of the century are young people looking for jobs in the United States, often called "place of opportunity" to remit money to the house. Overall, 20% to 30% of Italian immigrants will return to Italy forever

This immigration record collection contains about 1 million Italian immigrants who arrived in the United States between 1855 and 1900 through Baltimore, Boston, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia Harbor.

Information on this database is provided by the National Archives and Records Management Bureau and includes official extracts of Italian immigrants from Baltimore, Boston, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia ports from 1855 to 1900 It is.

Since 1890 Italian immigrants to the United States became part of the so-called "new immigrants" called the third and largest waves of European immigrants consisting of Slavic, Jewish and Italian. This "new immigrant" is a big change of "old immigrants" made by Germans, Irish people, Britons, Scandinavians, made through the 19th century. Between 1900 and 1915, three million Italians migrated to the United States. This is the largest nationality of "new immigrants". These immigrants, principally craftsmen and farmers, represent all over Italy, but mainly immigrants from Mezzojorno in Southern Italy. Between 1876 and 1930, 4 out of 5 million immigrants from the United States came from the South, representing Calabria, Campania, Abruzzo, Molise and Sicily. Almost (2/3 of immigrant population) is agricultural workers or workers, or Contadini

In 1913, it was the highest record of Italian citizens who immigrated to the United States. Most of these immigrants come from northern Italy, but there are many immigrants coming from the south. Italy has numerous immigrants, so Italians are an important part of the labor service organization in the United States. It occupies the majority of the three major labor for manufacturing mining, textiles and apparel. In fact, Italians are the largest immigrants working in the mine. In 1910, 20,000 Italians worked in factories in Massachusetts State and Rhode Island State.

An interesting feature of Italian immigrants who entered the country between 1901 and 1920 was that they returned to Italy after earning money in the US. Approximately 50% of Italians are returning home. In other words, immigrants think that they will never stay forever in America, so I do not care much about learning English or assimilating American society. The fact that the Italians have entered the work system clearly shows this fact. The new immigrants found a bench between immigrants and American employers, bosses and intermediaries. Padlone is an immigrant from Italy who lived in the United States for a while. He provides accommodation, manages savings, and finds work for immigrants so he is very helpful for immigrants. Overall, he will help the US employer by organizing the workforce.