Arabs started to first immigrate to the United States between the years of 1880 and 1924. When the Immigration act of 1924 took effect, there was a dramatic decrease in Arab immigrants coming into the States. "Most immigrants in this first wave came from Arab regions of the Ottoman Empire, which controlled most of the Middle East until World War I(1914-1918)" (Encarta, 2002 "Arab Americans," 9). The Ottoman Empire was a "dynastic state centered in what is now Turkey, founded in the late 13th century and dismantled in the early 20th century" (Encarta, 2002, "Ottoman Empire 1). When these immigrants came to the United States, they soon began to look for employment. Many of them found employment as mill and factory workers, door-to-door sales, and as farmers. Overall, assimilation into the "American way" was not hard for Arabs to achieve although there were struggles present. Arab immigrants mixed well because...