Furthermore, American families of the time often took the form of the “nuclear family” with two parents, two children, and often a pet like a dog or cat. This new “middle class” earned between $3,000 and $10,000 a year and included 60 percent of the American people by the mid-1950s. Fortune magazine described Americans as “a great mass…buy[ing] the same things—the same staples, the same appliances, the same cars, the same furniture, and much the same recreation” (Document C). The new “mass market” that developed in 1950s society was caused by two central reasons. The first reason that this “mass market” developed was the spread of television.
The FWP progressed from a set of tour books, educational pamphlets, to essays of the state guides, ethnic studies, and folklore studies. The FWP's Life in America series had 150 volumes on a range of topics. Interviews with former slaves, farm and cotton-mill owners, and workers published in These Are Our Lives (1939) this gave more knowledge on American history. Larger defense budget in the years leading up to World War II took money away from the FWP. By 1939, budget cuts had forced the project to scale down to 3,500 workers, although it was so popular that every state provided money to keep it alive when Congress reduced funding in 1939.
The Accidental American Book Review I was born in Palo Alto, California June 21, 1989 and I am Persian. My parents came here thirty years ago with my older sister when she was two. I am American born but because my parents and many of my family members moved here from Iran, I feel strongly that immigrants have every right to be here just as someone born here does. The United States is one of the most diverse countries in the world. The Bay Area is filled with millions of different races.
They came to Wisconsin from Europe for many reasons. Some came because they wanted religious freedom or to avoid the military draft, while others moved because of the economic opportunities from the Industrial Revolution. The population of German immigrants into Milwaukee exploded. By 1850, sixty percent of Milwaukee’s population was born in Europe, and two-thirds came from Germany and German speaking countries. Germans came in three waves of immigration from different areas of the German lands.
Revenues were $150 million, which represented over a 50% growth in the last five years. The Fargo Clinic’s physicians represented 70% of the total in the market. In the mid-1980’s, they embarked on a rapid expansion by purchasing many area primary care centers. This has provided them with a solid base of much needed primary care capacity from which to grow
Immigrants come from many areas, but most immigrants came from Europe. They came because they were fleeing things such as famine. Most Irish immigrants came to America during the potato famine. Immigrants of other nationalities came to America because they were fleeing things such as religious persecution, freedom, genocide, economic crisis, and basically a life that is much better than the one that they already have. The immigrants of today come to seek a better life, start or expand businesses, start their families, and quite often, some immigrants come to America just to have their children be born American citizens.
I have many friends and family members who are also parishioners and members, making it a common place for us to visit, learn and pray. The church is new, larger and modern. In the late 1960’s and the early 1970’s there was a large population of Macedonians who emigrated in large numbers looking for a better life for themselves and their children. With unofficial numbers stating that there are about 30,000 Macedonians in the Metro Detroit area, this made our community one of the largest in North America and the largest in the United States. The Macedonians were seeking a home for their religious and spiritual needs so they attended local Greek, Bulgarian and Serbian Orthodox Churches.
8) However, Latinos come from various countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, with the largest percentage coming from Mexico. During the period between 1950 and 1996, the total U.S. population grew from 151.3 million to 264.8 million. This represents an increase of more than 75%. During the same period, the Latino population grew from 4.0 million to 27.2 million, an increase of more than 600%. Latinos currently compromise 13% of the nation's population and are projected to grow to 56 million by 2010 and reach 70 million by 2020.
Adoption is an opportunity for a child to have parents and a loving and caring family that can give them their needs and wants. The rate of adoption has increased tremendously since the 1900s. In 1944 only 50,000 adoptions took place in the United States, and in 1970 the highest
German Americans and Discrimination In the 1680's, the first Germans immigrated to British Colonies primarily in New York and Pennsylvania. However, it was not until 1951 thru 1960 when the highest number of German immigrants came to the United States. Many Germans came to the U.S. because of the economic status, religious freedom, and the ability to own land. These hopes and dreams were very difficult to obtain and almost impossible for some Germans; as they faced prejudice beliefs and many acts of discrimination. Coming to the "New World" meant a new beginning for almost all Germans looking to put their past troubled lives behind and start a new.