Effects Of Education In Scotland In The 1800s

Living in Scotland during the 1800s was extremely difficult for many families due to poverty, the loss of jobs, and the land they lived on was being taken by the government. The Scottish people escaped these problems by moving to the United States. During this time, there was a large improvement in the education system in Scotland. “Scotland’s education system is much different from America’s” (Sheeks). Middle-class citizens were now becoming literate. This uprise in literacy caused for a shortage of middle-class jobs all around Scotland, due to the drastic change in education.
The 1780s through 1800s, on average, America had about 5,000 Scottish immigrants coming into the country per year (Turnpike 5). Most of the immigrants were dealing with
Castle Garden was one of the first immigration centers in America, opening in March, 1855 (Powell). Once my ancestors arrived at Castle Garden, they could not wait to start their new life in America with the new possibilities. That worked out very well for my ancestors, which was not always the case for most immigrants who were coming from another country to America. It is a very complex process getting into the country. For a long time, coming into America was unrestricted; and anyone who survived the journey was granted access into the country. But the financial factor stood in the way of many immigrants. Because of the poverty in Scotland, they had very little money to start their new lives.
America saw the large amount of unemployed Scottish immigrants attempting to get into the country and saw this as becoming a major issue to the American workforce. Soon after they started to realize the large amounts of unemployed immigrants, America took action for this problem. They created the Emergency Quota Act of 1921. The Emergency Quota Act was a law restricting the number of new immigrants coming to the United States. This act made it much harder to get into the United States if you were an immigrant (Prokes). It created a
It is unlikely to see a family of immigrants coming from another country with nothing, and then starting these types of businesses. Most of the Scottish immigrants were relieved to have made the journey to America, and escaping the hardships from their country (Levinson). They were just getting used to the new life and culture that America had to offer. Not all Scottish immigrants were as fortunate as other families. They may have had more complications on the journey to America and struggled to let go of the culture that they were accustomed to. The Scottish people were known to have a reputation as feisty, belligerent people, who were fond of whiskey, used bad language, and having rough behavior (Turnpike). Not all Scottish immigrants adjusted as quickly to the culture of America because it was so different from Scotland. My family quickly adapted to the way of life in America, and that was a great advantage to have coming into a country that they knew nothing about. America varied a lot from Scotland when it came to the way of life, like nothing they have ever seen before. No matter how much of a change it was moving from Scotland to America, it did not intimidate my family because they were eager to create the new life they had been waiting for. Coming to America was a great change in my ancestors lives, they were finally able to escape the difficult times in Scotland. Reweaving