The reason the United States was founded was because of European immigrants leaving their home country and coming to America. The first person to 'discover' America was an explorer trying to find new lands for Europeans to live. Since then millions upon millions of immigrants have settled into American cities, bringing with them, a bit of their cultures. One group of immigrants that settled in America was the Italians, bringing their food, dress, and dialect with them.
In Italy, many Italians were locked into a rigid class system that existed in much of Europe. Most of the Italians who came to America from Southern Italy came seeking the opportunity to own their own land or to establish economic independence with a good industrial job. …
