When Americans think of immigrants, they think of degenerate people that are dirty, gormless, and unreliable. This is very unfortunate because most immigrants come over to start a new life. They have a motivation

It seems like America had many obstacles to overcome before she could move on and prosper. With all of the immigrants coming to America, a new system needed to be created for different immigrants. The make up of the immigrant population was always changing and therefore we continually needed to adapt. Even though I feel that our country could have done more to help immigrants become naturalized, I think that our country did a good job with what they had. Every situation our country has come across has had its ups and downs. If you look at everything immigrants have blessed our country with, you will agree that immigration, at that time, was a success; and even today, continues to be.

Abbot and Roberts seem to have found ways to combat the issues facing immigration. In “The Dress Well Club” (AIE, Advice from the Dress Well Club), it gives Negroes ways to rid society of the stereotype of Negroes. It tells them to not wear overalls on Sunday, not to let their wives out on the street in their aprons, not to talk loud and obnoxiously in public; this club and other programs like it are in fact helping immigrants partially assimilate, yet keep their individuality. Education of young immigrants was on the rise and showed its efficiency. There were five schools in the Jewish sector of New York with 93% Jewish students attending (AIE, Educating the Jewish Young People). This allowed for them to experience the American school system without ignoring their Jewish roots. I feel that this way and others like it were very influential in helping immigrants adapt to the new way of life. The only problem with programs like this is that there isn’t very much integration between the different nationalities of immigrants. It seemed that they had to stick together in their own factions in order to survive. Americans need to look past that and realize that we are all Americans, true we come from different backgrounds, but we need to see each other as the same. I feel that this approach was not highly regarded in the early 1900’s.

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