WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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America welcomes only immigrants from southern and eastern Europe
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America welcomes only immigrants from Asia
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America welcomes immigrants from all countries in the world
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America welcomes only Irish immigrants
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Detailed explanation-1: -The overall message of Emma Lazarus’ “The New Colossus” relates to the importance of the Statue of Liberty and everything it represents.
Detailed explanation-2: -refuse. show unwillingness towards. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Detailed explanation-3: -Though it was written at a time when the US was implementing blatantly xenophobic laws, the poem portrayed the Statue of Liberty as the “Mother of Exiles, ” and a welcoming symbol to immigrants arriving in the US.
Detailed explanation-4: -” Her sonnet “The New Colossus” was chosen to be inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty, the monument it celebrates, and it remains a most moving and eloquent expression of an American ideal: “Give me your tired, your poor, ” the sonnet concludes, “Your huddled masses…