Immigration
Nativist
Wanted the "ideal white american" only
Hated and discrimanated immigrants
The know nothings - politicial party
Reasons for immigrating
Job oppertunities
home country wasn't good - couldn't survive there
cheap land
Food shortages
First wave
German
Irish
Started a revolution but failed
potatoe fungus
didn't have a choice
hoping for a new and better life
What is immigration
Immigration is when you leave your home country and go somewhere new permanatly
Steroytyped as mean
Roman chatholic
problems with protastants
early 1800s
fresh start
Second wave
Europe - eastern and southern
didn't know english
Jewish and Catholic Immigrants
Italy Poland Hungary
The boat trip was miserable
Crowded and cluttered
Was infested with easily spreable disease
the immigrants where in small boats
Traveled in the same area as the animals did
associated immagrants with crime violence and anarchy
Wanted to get of the chinnese
First wave vs. Second wave
First wave new english democracy and a city
second wave new very little english if any at all and didn't know how to live in a democracy or city
The first wave came from Western and Northern Europe
Second wave came from Eastern and Southern Europe
First wave was mostly protastant (roman chatholic) while second wave was chatolic and Jewish
Machines where replacing farm hands
populations swelled