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Immigration (Reasons for immigrating (problems at home, thought their…
Immigration
Reasons for immigrating
problems at home
thought their skills might be useful in america
job opportunities
cheap land
religious freedom
political unrest
farmland was shrinking
Nativists
wanted to preserve white america
hated immigrants
Know-Nothings - political party
tried to drive the chinese out
2nd Wave
faced lots of discrimination
people from italy, poland, russia, and greece came
most were catholic or jewish
came on boat
First Wave vs. Second Wave
first wave knew better english
second wave was mostly jewish and catholic
first wave was mostly protestants
second wave knew little english
1st Wave
Irish
stereotyped as mean
roman catholic
potato famine
problems with protestants
German
came from many different levels of society
most moved west when they arrived in US
What is immigration?
the act of coming to live in a foreign country
