. What prompted many people in Southern Italy to immigrate to the U. S. between 1880 and 1920?
an invasion of Italy
disintegration of the Italian nation state
religious persecution at home
natural disasters

Natural disasters.

Explanation: Southern Italy experienced a number of natural disasters. The volcano Mount Vesuvius, near Naples, erupted in 1906, and the lava completely buried the closest town. In 1908, an earthquake caused a tidal wave that swept through the Strait of Messina between Sicily and the Italian mainland, killing over 100,000 in the city of Messina alone. Immigration to America was attractive to Italians in the south as a way out of economic hardship and away from natural catastrophes. Many Italian immigrants to the United States as a result.

•an essay

•a mock-heroic epic  

•deals with cannibalism  

•introduces “sylphs” as guardian spirits  

•not a satire  

•written by daniel defoe

•written by alexander pope

•written by jonathan swift  

•criticizes the exploration of ireland  

•criticizes impulsive nature  

•criticizes the english upper class  

•playful tone  

•remorseful tone

•matter-of-fact tone  

“the rap of the lock”   written by alexander pope.

“a modest proposal”

answer: in october 1962, an american u-2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the soviet union on the island of cuba. president kennedy did not want the soviet union and cuba to know that he had discovered the missiles. he met in secret with his advisors for several days to discuss the problem.

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