American Immigration In The Late 1800s

Americans citied grew exponentially in the late 1800’s due to immigration. “Approximately two to three million immigrants entered the United States during each decade from 1850 to 1880.” Immigrants flocked to the cities to fulfill their American Dream. Letters from family members already in America were sent to help persuade the move to America. Poor economic conditions along with persecutions of religious beliefs in places like Europe helped the decision to move to cities easier. Foreign cities were overpopulated and food was scare. American cities offered housing, easy access to food, jobs, and communities of similar beliefs. Some of them did not speak English when they came to America but many of their cultural customs allowed them assimilate to the American life easily.
The earlier immigrants, Protestant, Catholics from Ireland, France, and Germany, were illiterate, poor, had little experience with democratic governments and followers of Judaism and Orthodox Christianity. The new wave of immigrants were mostly