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The hopes of Immigrants. In the mid-1800’s, millions of Europeans moved to the United States and changed its culture. Cities were transformed and American culture took on a new meaning. The Hopes of Immigrants. Most immigrants endured many hardships to come to America .
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The hopes of Immigrants In the mid-1800’s, millions of Europeans moved to the United States and changed its culture. Cities were transformed and American culture took on a new meaning.
The Hopes of Immigrants Most immigrants endured many hardships to come to America. Nearly all immigrants made the ocean voyage in steerage, the cheapest deck on the ship
People from all over Europe came to America. What made them come to America?
Push –Pull Factors Population Growth Freedom Europe became overcrowded Many came to practice their religion freely Agricultural changes Rich European Land owners ran small tenant farmers off the land. Economic opportunity Crop Failures Even More came for jobs in cities like New York Led to hunger causing people to emigrate Industrial Revolution Abundant Land Workers who made goods by hand lost their jobs to machines and some emigrated The greatest reason however was all the cheap land acquired after the War with Mexico Religious and political turmoil To escape religious persecution Quakers left Norway, Jews left Germany
Where did they settle? Scandinavians They choose to live in the Mid-West , Minnesota and Wisconsin. These areas had similar climates as thier European homeland. Germans Some moved to the same areas as the Scandinavians but others went to Texas and started towns like Fredericksburg. The Germans were the largest immigrant group in the 1800’s Irish The Irish became city-dwellers in cities like New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore.
The Irish Flee Hunger Most Irish immigrants were Catholic. For centuries the Protestant British denied the Irish basic rights. Then, in 1845 a disease attacked Ireland’s main food crop, the potato, causing a severe food shortage called a famine. By 1850 the Irish made up ¼ the population of Boston.
Prejudice Some native –born Americans feared that immigrants were too foreign to learn American ways. Other feared that immigrants might come to out number natives. Some put up signs Like ”No Irish Need Apply”. In cities like Boston the natives organized into a political party called the Know Nothings that worked against immigrants. They wanted to ban Catholics from holding political office.
