The eight-day Jewish celebration known as Hanukkah or Chanukah commemorates the rededication during the second century B.C. of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, where according to legend Jews had risen up against their Greek-Syrian oppressors in the Maccabean Revolt.
Answer: In the late 1800s, people in many parts of the planet decided to go away from their homes and immigrate to U.S. Fleeing negligence, land and job shortages, rising taxes, and famine, many came to the U. S. because it was perceived because of the land of economic opportunity.
