Immigration to the United States and Immigrants
Immigrating to America
Immigration is a big part of what has made America grow and develop differently than other countries. Immigrants come from all over the world with different skills set and for greater opportunity. It is a way to for not only for people seek a better but different ethic groups coming together to as one whole nation. Coming together as a nation that is well diverse can improve the economy by creating more jobs. From 1880 to 1924, over 25 million Europeans migrated to the United States, because America was a way for people to start over. Emma Lazarus poem “The New Colossus” is a symbol of new immigrants coming to American to seek freedom, job opportunity, and a better life for themselves and their families. Immigrations seek freedom and a change to start over with offers of jobs and land for farms. Industries were rising in America and immigrants from all over the world wanted to pursue the “American Dream”. “In 1862, Congress passed the Homestead Act, a law that gives 160 acres of federal land to any settler who could successfully farm.”(Reed) Emma Lazarus poem The New Colossus is describing America by using a figure that is well know around the world. The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of what all America represents in one. Many immigrants coming over from Europe, see this historical figure and see a better future for them. Lazarus is contrasting America, a diverse and democratic nation of immigrants, with the Old World of Europe, at the time still very much ruled by the ancient monarchies. She is urging immigrants to leave their past from their place of origin and to advance in society of United States. American in the late 19th early 20th century had a very negative viewpoints on immigration. Some of the reasons were because of the economic situations. The immigrants were willing to work for any amount of money and made it very challenging for the Americans to get a job. Industrial factories saw immigrants as a good source of revenue,
Immigration is a big part of what has made America grow and develop differently than other countries. Immigrants come from all over the world with different skills set and for greater opportunity. It is a way to for not only for people seek a better but different ethic groups coming together to as one whole nation. Coming together as a nation that is well diverse can improve the economy by creating more jobs. From 1880 to 1924, over 25 million Europeans migrated to the United States, because America was a way for people to start over. Emma Lazarus poem “The New Colossus” is a symbol of new immigrants coming to American to seek freedom, job opportunity, and a better life for themselves and their families. Immigrations seek freedom and a change to start over with offers of jobs and land for farms. Industries were rising in America and immigrants from all over the world wanted to pursue the “American Dream”. “In 1862, Congress passed the Homestead Act, a law that gives 160 acres of federal land to any settler who could successfully farm.”(Reed) Emma Lazarus poem The New Colossus is describing America by using a figure that is well know around the world. The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of what all America represents in one. Many immigrants coming over from Europe, see this historical figure and see a better future for them. Lazarus is contrasting America, a diverse and democratic nation of immigrants, with the Old World of Europe, at the time still very much ruled by the ancient monarchies. She is urging immigrants to leave their past from their place of origin and to advance in society of United States. American in the late 19th early 20th century had a very negative viewpoints on immigration. Some of the reasons were because of the economic situations. The immigrants were willing to work for any amount of money and made it very challenging for the Americans to get a job. Industrial factories saw immigrants as a good source of revenue,