Italian Immigration to the US

  Many Italians came to the US in search for a better life; in search of the American Dream. Since they were from Europe they mostly settled in the east coast of the US. Many italians lacked jobs, money and resources and these were the reasons why they migrated to the country of the US.

  Once the italians decided they wanted to move to the US, they had to plan how to get there. Flying in planes wasn't so popular at that time, so they had to travel on ships to get there. This long journeys on ships were horrible and took weeks, even months. Trips on boat weren't very pleasant, it's not like a cruise now in day. Unfortunately, the only way to travel was by sea.

  Now that they have arrived, settling was a whole different story. Many of the italians that had moved to the Americas, made small communities of Italians in different cities. They took any type of job they could get the hands on, mostly dangerous jobs nobody wanted to do. They tended to live many under one roof and were very filthy. Even though  they had jobs, they were unskilled workers.

  Based on what we know about the immigration of the Italians, we can say that they were hard workers. Even though they didn't have the best jobs, they did everything they could to get their money. Italians did so many things to save money and space. Like most other immigrants they made small communities of their same people in different cities. Just like any other immigrant, they wanted to succeed and do whatever hey could to achieve, they went on the road to live the "American Dream" in "The Land of Opportunities".