20th Century Immigration

Immigration has always been a major part of America. In fact, without immigration the creation of America would not have been possible. The majority of immigrants came to America for religious freedom and economic opportunities. However, for the most part before the 1870’s most immigrants were Protestants from northern and western Europe. These immigrants often migrated to the United States as families and usually lived on farms with family or friends who had already migrated beforehand. A lot of immigrants came to America with a plan or goal in mind. They often had saved up money for the long immigration overseas, were skilled in a certain trade, or had already been educated at a high level. Sadly, this would not last. Immigration

Immigration through out the late 1800’s and early 1900’s created nativism throughout the United States. Millions of immigrants flocked to the United States trying to find a better way of life to be able to support their families. Industrialization in the United States provided a labor source for the immigrants. Native born Americans believed immigrants were a “threat to the American way of life” (ATF chapter 11) Social and economic fault lines developed between natives and immigrants, through out the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, going unnoticed until the late 1920’s when the Sacco and Vanzetti case brought awareness of issue to much of the United States.

Immigrants came to America seeking opportunity, land, and freedom. In addition, immigrants also came to escape from things in their homelands such as oppression, high taxes, and the Potato Famine. These were all known as push and pull factors. This explained why you should leave your country and come to America(doc 2). The Potato Famine was a rough era in Ireland. Due to a blight, all of the potatoes rotted right before being ready to be

Citizens from around the world have been migrating to the United States for centuries. During the 1880s all the way up to the 1920's, more than twenty-five million foreigners voyaged to America. After World War I ended on November 11, 1918, there had been a massive increase of immigrants. The result of numerous people migrating to the U.S. greatly impacted culture and society. The majority of immigrants were traveling from Eastern and Southern Europe. As immigration increased after World War I, some questions in need of answering are what were the significant reasons as to why European immigrants started coming to the U.S. during the 1920's through the 1930's after World War I? How were they able maintain their cultural identity? Immigrants decided to resettle in the United States in search of new beginnings, riches, and the

The Gold Rush is considered as one of the most significant events in the American history. It began after James Marshall discovered gold form the Sutter’s mill in Coloma, California on January 24, 1948. Though James and Sutter tired to keep this news as secret, there was one newspaper reported it. As the news spread so fast across the country and around the world that attracted hundreds of thousands of gold seekers from different areas came to California.

Many came from eastern and southern Europe such as the Irish, Germans, Italians and Polish. Immigrants came to America with hopes and dreams of prosperity, freedom of religion, freedom from fascism and dictatorship with the possibility of wealth and security. Many if not all of the immigrants encountered the complete opposite. Hard labor, poor living condition, low wages and illnesses were the problems often faced by the

Immigration had shaped the United States of America into what it is today. Without immigrants, this country would had never enhanced from the industrial revolution and created an uprising in the economy. People came to the Americas from all over the world seeking opportunity and a change in their lives, however not all of them were accustomed to assimilating to the cultural standards. One ethnicity had started their migration progress through their own revolution and the selling of part of their lands. The United States’ action of purchasing Alaska from the Russian Empire caused the beginning of Russian culture into the U.S.

The effect of immigration has not significantly changed since the 1900s. The documented immigrant population has slightly decreased since the 1900s however the undocumented population has increased over the last 50 years. Immigrants have increased the supply of labor and lowered the prices on products.

Throughout the history of the United States, we have always held the motto -“America was built on the blood, sweat, and tears of hard-working men.” Going all the way back to colonial America times, people in the colonies worked hard, toiling endlessly in the fields. They did this in order to survive, fighting the odds in malaria-ridden swamps of the South and the bitter-cold winters of New England. Needless to say, Americans have been instilled with the conviction that you can make yourself something out of hard work.

This graph shows the amount of immigrants from 1900 - today. I’ve noticed that from 1931 through 1940 the scale had gone down quite a bit, due to the great depression. As of 2001-today it looks like there has been the highest immigration population there has ever been.

Over the course of history immigrants began to settle and occupy New York City and many other growing towns like Chicago and Philadelphia. These immigrants faced many harsh treatments from the native born Americans. When the immigrants came to America they had nowhere to go. They ended up moving into neighborhoods that were highly neglected and buildings that were very run down and poverty stricken. The buildings they moved into were known as tenements. They are for multiple families and they are set up like apartments. The tenements were very well known for their small size and they contained no more than two rooms. One room was the kitchen and the other was a bedroom. This was an issue for families containing many members because the lack

Many of the new movements in the nineteenth and twentieth century began to gain influence in the US. These new movements such as immigrant communities, progressive reformers and women’s movements began to influence mainstream political and social trends. Immigrant communities bred crime, created ghettos and aid societies, and were the backbone of political machines, progressive reformers introduced direct primaries, conservation of the environment and reforms form Robert M. La Follette and women’s movements introduced birth control, prohibition and women’s suffrage. Immigrant communities were one of the first movements to alter US politics and society. One of the way immigrant communities influenced US society was with the creation of ghettos.

Something really interesting was used in this article to combat the immigrants effect on support for social policy. It was said that in higher density areas that were majority immigrants, actually increased public support for social policies, because the majority of immigrants did not benefit off welfare. The most important fact is when they argued that the increase in immigrants increased the use of welfare; they were wrong. In 1994, it was stated that the U.S. welfare state was purposefully told not to include racial minorities aka immigrants. One of the strong points of this article is that social policy is being affected by immigrants, but not in the way you would think. It is being affected by the natives who have racial attitudes towards the immigrants making the natives less supportive of social policy; proving that it is not the immigrants fault. The weak point of the article is when the opposition claims that growing foreign-born populations increase

Immigration has always and will always play an important role in America’s history, along with the United States having the most open immigration policy in the world to this date. American history began with flocks of immigrants competing for lands to start a life, bringing over their vast traditions and values. Some brought nothing but determination. It’s disgusting to see our congress and lawmakers make these higher-end laws to keep foreigners out, yet our country is built off immigrants. Since the 19th century, America has been the leading destination unlike no other for immigrants to reside. No other country has such a wide range of races and population like America. Diversity is indeed, what makes this country so unique. America has always

During the 1920’s the United States really became a country of immigrants, even though not everyone was on board. In this time we saw immigration numbers that would far exceed the decades that would come after it and only to be surpasses by the decade that came before in a 40 year span. Almost 4.3 million people came to the US in the 1920’s and they spanned from far and wide to come to the US. Numbers would dip in the coming decades and would not surpass the million mark for at least two decades. These numbers saw drops that would relate to immigrant life and US immigration tactics.