Becoming American
Published on Nov 20, 2015
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BECOMING AMERICAN🍩
BY: LUKE YOUNG, NICOLETTE DITANO, HARRISON RUDDY, MAX HUTCHENS
When many immigrants first came to America, they took any job they could get. Ofter, after they saved up enough money, they opened small businesses. These businesses brought many
different ethnic cultures end ethnic foods to America.
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Individual immigrants made major contributions such as Alexander Gramham Bell. He said, "when me door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see that one opened for us."
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Newcomers felt caught between old world and new. Children assimilated more rapidly than their parents.
Assimilation- the process of becoming part of another culture.
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The fondest dream of any immigrants was to educate their children so they would be better.
"The essence of American opportunity, the treasure that no theif could touch... Surer, safer than bread or shelter"
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