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The first major wave of Romanian immigration to the United States took place between 1895 and 1920, in which 145,000 Romanians entered the country. They came from various regions such as Moldavia , Bukovina , and Transylvania , and neighboring countries such as Ukraine and Serbia with significant ethnic Romanian populations. [ 11 ]
The Great Depression began in the United States of America and quickly spread worldwide. [42] It had severe effects in countries both rich and poor. Personal income, consumption, industrial output, tax revenue, profits and prices dropped, while international trade plunged by more than 50%.
Pages in category "Romanian emigrants to the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 358 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Italy is the most common destination for Romanian emigrants, with over one million Romanians living there.. In 2006, the Romanian diaspora was estimated at 8 million people by then President of Romania, Traian Băsescu, most of them living in the former USSR, Western Europe (esp. Italy, Spain, Germany, United Kingdom, France, and Austria), North America (Canada and the United States), South ...
This is a list of notable Romanian-Americans, including both original immigrants from Romania who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. Lists of Americans By US state
The history of immigration to the United States details the movement of people to the United States from the colonial era to the present day. Throughout U.S. history , the country experienced successive waves of immigration , particularly from Europe (see European Americans ) and later on from Asia (see Asian Americans ) and Latin America (see ...
Immigration patterns of the 1930s were affected by the Great Depression. In the final prosperous year, 1929, there were 279,678 immigrants recorded, [ 47 ] but in 1933, only 23,068 moved to the U.S. [ 30 ] In the early 1930s, more people emigrated from the United States than to it. [ 48 ]
The overall course of the Depression in the United States, as reflected in per-capita GDP (average income per person) shown in constant year 2000 dollars, plus some of the key events of the period. Dotted red line = long-term trend 1920–1970. [47] In most countries of the world, recovery from the Great Depression began in 1933. [8]