Session #75 · 1937–39

Speech #750060911

Hindus. and so forth. Of that total. the native born was only 95.497.800. It has been said: The history of the United States could largely be written around immigration. which has hastened the growth of population and greatly Influenced its character. affected political and social conditions. and been a main cause for the rapid exploitation of natural resources. the impetuous industrial expansion. and the tremendous Increase in national wealth. Since 1820 the countries furnishing to us over 1.000.000 immigrants each follows: GermanyItaly. -y Poland - Irish Free State -----------------------Russia ___- -England ----------------------------Canada--other ----- -.--------------------Sweden --------------... ... ...-------... . . .. Czechoslovakia ----- ----------------------CanadaFrench ---------------..... ------..... Norway ---------------------------------6.873.103 4. 546. 877 3.342. 198 3.086.522 2.669.838 2. 522. 261 2.231. 186 1. 562. 703 1.382.079 1. 106. 159 1. 100. 098 The first settlers in Virginia. of course. came from England. and most of the early settlers from some section of the British Isles.
Keywords matched
immigration immigrants

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
German Italian Polish Irish Russian English Canadian Swedish Czechoslovakian Norwegian
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor Other

Speaker & context

Speaker
ABSALOM ROBERTSON
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
VA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
750060911
Paragraph
#4
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