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Immigration ((What is immigration?, The act of coming to live permanently…
Immigration
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Immigration neighborhood: An immigrants neighborhood was a grouping of immigrants of the same ethnic background in the same community.
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Nativists
White settlers, who believed in the protestant way of life, and wanted to preserve it once the 1st wave of immigrants settled.
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Media portrayed the Irish in a stereotypical way: Viewed the immigrants as equals to African American slaves Believed the Irish to be arrogant and disobedient, making it hard for the immigrants to find employment
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The Nativists opposed immigration, as they believed the immigrants were criminals, violent and anarchist and would assimilate in the new environment.
1st Wave
Early 1800s
Irish
Immigration to the United States: Result of a fungus which infected the potato crop, causing a famine.
Men found work doing the lowliest jobs in construction or laying railroad track in the East and Midwest. Young Irish women were often employed as household workers.
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Reasons for immigration: Political unrest, American companies were recruiting workers, religious freedom, over population and believed their skills would better serve them in the United States.