19th Century Immigration
After the first European settlers and before the 19th Century was there mostly slaves who arrived to America, and that was not voluntarily. Subsequently of the win of independence in America came a lot of immigrants from countries where the conditions were bad for a hope of better life and opportunities in America. After a long, dangerous and exhausting journey over the Atlantic Ocean was the sight of the Statue of Liberty in the distance a symbol for hope, happiness and holiness for immigrants all over the world. There has been several immigrant waves throughout the history in the US. “How did immigration change life in the 19th Century America you may ask”, that's what this essay is going to tell you about.
In years before the 19th century …show more content…
Some people came because they hoped for more opportunities, and others came because they needed to escape the horrible conditions in their own countries. From the major immigration wave that occurred from 1815-1865 was most people from North and West Europa. They arrived at the Asians came to California on the 1800s because they had heard about the California gold rush.
Europeans who came to the US mainly came to the East Coast to cities like New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Charleston. For Asians it was a shorter to come to the west coast so they arrived mainly in California, that they were very happy with due to the California Gold Rush.
“The Great Potato Famine” in Ireland brought hunger, harm and horror to Ireland. A lot of people died, and a lot of Irish fled to America in hope of a better life. Across the atlantic was it not as amazing as they hoped. The Irish was looked at as dirty catholics and on a lot of job ads it said “No Irish needs to apply”.
How happy the people who lived in America where that the immigrants came varied from times to times. During the Civil War did both the Union and the Confederacy relied on the immigrants strength. During hard times with few jobs available did the americans blame the immigrants and said that they were “stealing all the jobs”.
In years before the 19th century …show more content…
Some people came because they hoped for more opportunities, and others came because they needed to escape the horrible conditions in their own countries. From the major immigration wave that occurred from 1815-1865 was most people from North and West Europa. They arrived at the Asians came to California on the 1800s because they had heard about the California gold rush.
Europeans who came to the US mainly came to the East Coast to cities like New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Charleston. For Asians it was a shorter to come to the west coast so they arrived mainly in California, that they were very happy with due to the California Gold Rush.
“The Great Potato Famine” in Ireland brought hunger, harm and horror to Ireland. A lot of people died, and a lot of Irish fled to America in hope of a better life. Across the atlantic was it not as amazing as they hoped. The Irish was looked at as dirty catholics and on a lot of job ads it said “No Irish needs to apply”.
How happy the people who lived in America where that the immigrants came varied from times to times. During the Civil War did both the Union and the Confederacy relied on the immigrants strength. During hard times with few jobs available did the americans blame the immigrants and said that they were “stealing all the jobs”.