Italian-Americans in boston
The dawn of the twentieth century and a rise in industrial production sent many people to the shores of America in search of a better life. Italians, facing economic and moral hardships in their home country, joined the masses of other nationalities flocking to the U.S. and set out to form communities of their own. One distinct Italian group formed in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, affectionately referred to as "Little Italy". The Italians who immigrated to America in the late 1800s and early 1900s were subject to social conflict with other immigrant groups, discrimination by nationalist Americans, and economic hardship, but by maintaining their values of hard work and perseverance, they were able to find their voice in America.