The political situation in various native countries of the immigrants was not conducive. This prompted various American immigrants to immigrate into the United States as a means of escaping political pressures aligned with the same. However, this was not the case for the Italians. The political situation in Italy was relatively conducive in that by the late 19th century, Italy was a unified state with limited political pressures. The fact that Italy was unified promoted emigration of the Italians into America as a means of easing economic pressures that Italy was experiencing. Notably, it can be deduced that personal or family concerns were perhaps the most comprehensive factors that prompted the Italians to immigrate into America. Even so, there is a need to note that historical period of Italy were characterized by internal strife merged with social chaos and violence, which left various Italians in poverty (Doherty 80). For this purpose, Italian immigrated into the United States with the hope of moving away from poverty. .
Statistics indicates that from the year 1820 to the year 2004 close to six million Italians immigrated into the United States. However, the year 1880 to the year 1920 were the most remarkable periods in the history of Italian immigration in that it was during this period when close to four million Italian immigrants came into the United States (Minetor 18). A close analysis of the Italian immigrants shows that close to 80% of them came from Southern Italy including Calabria, Abruzzo, Sicily, and Campania. Worth noting is the fact that the southern Italy was a densely populated areas and this had resulted high rates of poverty in the region. As such, the influx of Italian immigrants in the United States may be accredited to the fact that the southern Italians hoped to immigrate into the United States as a way of evading poverty that had jeopardized their lives.
