The risks and uncertainties of free labor didn't deter millions of immigrants from entering the US during the 1840s and 1850s. Almost 4.5 million immigrants arrived between 1840 and 1860, 6 times more than had come during the previous 2 decades. By 1860, foreign born residents made up about 1/8 of the US population, a fraction that held steady well into the 20th century. Nearly ¾ of the immigrants who arrived in the US during this time came from Germany or Ireland.
Italian society is very family-oriented. Parents, elders, children, and extended relatives often gather together to enjoy a home-cooked meal or commemorate religious functions.
Kenan advocated policy of non-provocative resistance. It was aimed at maintaining the peace without
resorting to war or pacification. Kenan
saw some cracks in Communist Russia’s system of government and he believed that
in time this would lead to the break-up of the Soviet Union.
Europeans came to the new world to seek religious freedom<span />
