the hopes of immigrants
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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 . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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.
Most immigrants endured many
hardships to come to America.
The Hopes of Immigrants
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 FactorsPopulation Growth
Agricultural changes
Crop Failures
Industrial Revolution
Religious and political turmoil
Freedom
Economic opportunity
Abundant Land
Europe became overcrowded
Rich European Land owners ran small tenant farmers off the land.
Led to hunger causing people to emigrate
Workers who made goods by hand lost their jobs to machines and some emigrated
To escape religious persecution Quakers left Norway, Jews left Germany
Many came to practice their religion freely
Even More came for jobs in cities like New York
The greatest reason however was all the cheap land acquired after the War with Mexico
Where did they settle?Scandinavians
Germans
Irish
They choose to live in the Mid-West , Minnesota and Wisconsin. These areas had similar climates as thier European homeland.
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
The Irish became city-dwellers in cities like New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore.
The Irish Flee HungerMost 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.
PrejudiceSome 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.