The Jewish American: Conquering Adversity
“Here is not merely a nation, but a teeming nation of nations” said Walt Whitman (Lee). The United States of America, now the most powerful nation in the world, was discovered in 1492 by Christopher Columbus, colonized by 1700, freed from British rule in 1776, split in civil war in 1860, and ended the second world war in 1945. Since it’s introduction to Western European countries, America has acted like a magnet attracting people of all ages, ethnicity’s, social statuses, and religions. Between the 1890’s and the 1920’s, the vast majority of immigrants to America were from Eastern Europeans countries. Before that, mostly Western Europeans lived in America, along with their African slaves, and the Native Americans. Finally, since the 1920’s, immigration to America has been primarily Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Mexican (Lee 1). Although there were Jewish people in America since discovered in 1492 by Columbus, there was not a large number until the 1890’s when thousands of Russian Jews started to immigrate to America. Jewish immigrants have played an important role in America’s formation as a country and a world power. Many groups of immigrants have received ridicule from American society, but none as persistent, and common as t
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Approximate Word count = 1666
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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