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

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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