Slovak American

E35989

diaspora community ethnic group

Slovak Americans are U.S. residents and citizens of Slovak ancestry, many of whose families immigrated from present-day Slovakia and contributed to American cultural, industrial, and artistic life.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Slovak Americans	5
Slovak American canonical	3

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	diaspora community ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalContribution	Slovak festivals and cultural events in the United States ⓘ Slovak-language newspapers in the United States ⓘ establishment of Slovak Roman Catholic parishes in the United States ⓘ founding of Slovak fraternal organizations in the United States ⓘ preservation of Slovak folk traditions in the United States ⓘ
economicContribution	labor in coal mining industry ⓘ labor in manufacturing industry ⓘ labor in steel industry ⓘ
hasAncestralOrigin	Czechoslovakia ⓘ Slovakia ⓘ Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ surface form: former Kingdom of Hungary
hasAncestry	Slovak ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ Slovak ⓘ
notablePerson	Andy Warhol ⓘ Milan Rastislav Štefánik ⓘ surface form: Milan Štefánik (as a figure supported by Slovak Americans) Paul Newman ⓘ Robert Urich ⓘ Tommy Lasorda ⓘ
organization	First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association ⓘ First Catholic Slovak Union of the United States and Canada ⓘ National Slovak Society of the USA ⓘ Slovak League of America ⓘ
partOf	European American ⓘ surface form: European Americans Slavs ⓘ surface form: Slavic Americans
politicalActivity	support for Slovak national causes ⓘ support for creation of Czechoslovakia after World War I ⓘ
relatedTo	Czech American ⓘ surface form: Czech Americans Hungarian American diaspora ⓘ surface form: Hungarian Americans Polish Americans ⓘ Rusyns ⓘ surface form: Rusyn Americans Slovak diaspora ⓘ
religion	Byzantine Catholic Church ⓘ surface form: Byzantine Catholicism Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy Lutheranism ⓘ Protestantism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
settlementPattern	coal mining regions of Pennsylvania ⓘ industrial cities in the Midwestern United States ⓘ industrial cities in the Northeastern United States ⓘ steel-producing regions of Ohio ⓘ steel-producing regions of Western Pennsylvania ⓘ
significantImmigrationCause	economic hardship in Central Europe ⓘ industrial employment in the United States ⓘ political changes in Austria-Hungary ⓘ
significantImmigrationPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ