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titles,captions,labels,diagrams,charts,graphs,sidebars,and extra features are not included.  \nThe Land ofOpportunity  \nby Peggy Bresnick Kendler  \nPEARSON  \nScott  \nForesman  \nEditorial Offices:Glenview,Ilinois·Parsippany,New Jersey·New York,New York  \nSales Offices:Needham,Massachusetts·Duluth,Georgia·Glenview,linois  \nCoppell,Texas·Ontario,California·Mesa,Arizona  \n## Photographs\n\nEvery effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit forphotographic material.The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges tocorrect errors called to its attention in subsequent editions.  \nUnless otherwise acknowledged,all photographs are the property of PearsonEducation,Inc.  \nPhoto locators denoted as follows:Top(T),Center(C),Bottom(B),Left(L),Right(R),Background(Bkgd)  \nCover JT Vintage/Glasshouse Images/Alamy Images;1 Library of Congress;3 JT Vintage/Glasshouse Images/Alamy Images;4 Library of Congress;5 DIZ Muenchen GmbH/Alamy Images;6 Prints &Photographs Division,Library of Congress;8(T,B)Libraryof Congress;10(T)Library of Congress;12 Hine,Lewis Wickes/Prints &PhotographsDivision,Library of Congress;13 Getty Images;15 Bettmann/Corbis;17 NewarkMuseum/Art Resource,NY;18 Library of Congress;20 Prints &Photographs Division,Library of Congress;22 Hine,Lewis Wickes/Prints &Photographs Division,Library ofCongress.  \nISBN:0-328-13516-X  \nCopyright ◎ Pearson Education,Inc.  \nAll Rights Reserved.Printed in the United States of America.This publication isprotected by Copyright,and permission should be obtained from the publisherprior to any prohibited reproduction,storage in a retrieval system,or transmissionin any form by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,orlikewise.For information regarding permission(s),write to:Permissions Department,Scott Foresman,1900 East Lake Avenue,Glenview,Illinois 60025.  \n## Leaving Home\n\nDuring the late 1800s and early 1900s,many people lefttheir homelands and made the journey across the ocean tolive in the United States.These people were immigrants,orpeople who decide to come to one country from another.The process they undertook to make their journey is calledimmigration.  \nFor most immigrants,the decision to come to theUnited States was a hard one.They would be leavingbehind friends,relatives,and their home country.Butthey had heard America was a land of opportunity wherethe streets\"were paved with gold.\"Such stories helpedimmigrants overcome their fears of leaving home.  \nThis book tells the story of the people who immigratedto the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s.Keep reading to find out more about this fascinating periodof American history!  \nMany children wereamong the millionsof people whoimmigrated to theUnited States duringthe late 1800s andearly 1900s.  \n## Many Reasons for Immigration\n\nImmigrants left their home countries for all kinds ofreasons.Some left because they were afraid that theirgovernment would imprison them or discriminate againstthem for their religious beliefs.For such immigrants,theUnited States held great promise as a land where all peoplecould worship in the manner in which they saw fit.Othersleft because they were upset with the way their governmentran their country,and were convinced that they wouldreceive better treatment here in the United States.Andmany immigrants came to the United States to escapethe poverty they experienced in their homelands,whichprevented them from making enough money to supporttheir families.No matter what their reasons were for  \nleaving,all immigrants came to the United States seeking abetter life.  \nComing to the United States was costly.Most  \nimmigrants were poor and needed to save money for a longtime to afford the journey.Some sold jewelry and othervaluable possessions to raise the money for a ticket,whileothers worke","cbCaioQwv7qNGyiT","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioQwv7qNGyiT","pdf",3991945,28,"English","# Leaving Home\n# Many Reasons for 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