The island of hope.
Some were escaping bad treatment because of their religion. Others were looking for better jobs. For some, food was scarce and their homeland.
The Cold War, a "war" of attrition and nuclear build-up between the United States and the Soviet Union, greatly shaped American culture by the people's emphasis on space and science to beat out the Soviets.
Clothing, food, and some reminders of home
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In the early 1900's, 6 million African Americans emigrated form the rural south of the US to the northeast, mid-west and west and thus began an urban existence in many of the cities in these areas so became important politically due to their numbers and their strong support of the civil rights movement later on.
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