Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokuparara kweCommonwealth yePoland neLithuania muna 1795, chikamu chikuru cheLithuania chakabatanidzwa muUmambo hweRussia. Kutanga kwokuita maindasitiri uye kurima kwezvokutengeserana kwakavakirwa panogadziridzwa zvinhu naStolypin, pamwe chete nokubviswa kwouranda muna 1861, kwakasunungura varimi ndokuvaita vashandi vanoenda kune dzimwe nyika. Dzvinyiriro dzokuvandudza maindasitiri, kurambidzwa kwenhau muLithuania,
kusagutsikana kwakapararira, kudzvinyirirwa kwerusununguko rwechitendero uye urombo zvakaita kuti vanhu vazhinji veLithuania, kunyanya mushure mekuziya nenzara muna 1867-1868, vatamire kubva kuHumambo hweRussia kuenda kuUnited States vachienderera mberi kusvika pakatanga Hondo Yenyika Yekutanga. Kutama kwacho kwakapfuurira pasinei zvapo nokuedza kwavaTsar kudzora muganhu uye kudzivisa kurasikirwa kwakadaro kukuru kwavagari vemo. Sezvo Lithuania senyika yakanga isipo panguva iyoyo, vanhu vakasvika muU.S. vakanyorwa sePolish, German kana Russian; uyezve, nekuda kwekurambidzwa kwemutauro muLithuania uye kupararira kwemutauro wePolish panguva iyoyo, mazita avo echiLithuania haana kunyorwa nenzira imwecheteyo sezvavaizove nhasi. Somugumisiro, mashoko pamusoro pemigwagwa yeLithuania pamberi pa1899 haawaniki nokuti vaLithuania vanopinda vakanga vasina kunyorwa sevaLithuania. Pashure pa1918, apo Lithuania yakawana rusununguko rwayo, vatorwa vakaenda kuUnited States vakatanga kunyorwa sevanhu vokuLithuania. Iri dutu rokutanga revapoteri vokuLithuania vakaenda kuUnited States rakaguma apo Congress yeU.S. yakapa Mutemo weEmergency Quota muna 1921, uchiteverwa noMutemo Wokupinda Munyika wa1924. Mutemo Wokupinda Munyika wa1924 wakanga une chinangwa chokurambidza vanhu vokuEastern Europe uye vokuSouthern Europe vakanga vatanga kupinda munyika yacho vari vazhinji kutanga muma1890.