<span>Eric Foner believed that freedom is an effective theme
to focus on in the study of American history because of what happened in the
past during the American civil war the nation faced many controversial issues
such as slavery. Because one of the problems of this American period was
slavery. Furthermore, over three million African-Americans were slaves in the
South and this means that they worked for other people but had no freedom and
received no money for their work.</span>
The main reason why people left Italy and traveled to America was poverty brought about by unemployment. The dream of earning enough money to return to Italy and buy lands was a great motivator. The journey of 3,000 miles by ship took almost 3 months. They had to pass through the Ellis Island Immigration Center for mental and physical examinations. After the mental and physical examinations, the migrants were sent to a room where they had to answer 32 questions to establish whether they could enter America. Failure in the examinations would mean separation from their families and deportation back to Italy.
<span>La respuesta es miercoles. Si ayer (martes) fuese mañana (jueves), hoy sería viernes. Entonces, martes es verdaderamente ayer, pero el borracho piensa que "ayer" es jueves. Piensa que hoy es viernes, pero verdaderamente es miercoles (el día depues de martes). </span>
