The Immigrant Experience 1900-1940 /

The political and economic turmoil of Europe drove millions to leave their countries of origin and emigrate to the U.S. where a lady held a welcoming lamp "beside the Golden Door." This ABC News program anchored by Peter Jennings tells the dramatic story of the transformation of America in...

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Other Authors: Infobase,, ABC News.
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : ABC NEWS, [1999]
Distributed by Infobase,
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (29 min., 8 sec)) : sound, color.
Series: Paths to Power: An Educator's Guide to The Century.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • United States: A Refugee's Haven (3:28);
  • America's "Melting Pot" (3:04);
  • Recreating Homeland Culture (2:49);
  • Jazz and Harlem (3:02);
  • Change, Intolerance, and the KKK (4:35);
  • Rise of Fascism: Diversity Threatened (4:27);
  • Internment of Japanese Americans (3:32);
  • Immigration Continues After WWII (2:29);