The substantial increase in population due to immigration that occurs during this time goes on to affect the nation in positive and negative ways. Some of the adverse affects of such a rapid growth in population were overcrowding in cities, lack of jobs, and occasional food shortages. But the hard working spirit and work ethic that the immigrants brought, along with a determined will to succeed, were an overarching positive were crucial to the country becoming what it is today. In the late 1800s, people in many parts of the world decided to leave their homes and emigrate to the United States. Immigrants entered into the United States through several
This anti-Catholic group wanted to make it take longer for the Irish Immigrants to become citizens. They also wanted to prevent people born outside of the United States to ever hold public office. This movement did not last long because with as large as the Irish population was, they out numbered the know-nothings and the know-nothings were soon
They came to Wisconsin from Europe for many reasons. Some came because they wanted religious freedom or to avoid the military draft, while others moved because of the economic opportunities from the Industrial Revolution. The population of German immigrants into Milwaukee exploded. By 1850, sixty percent of Milwaukee’s population was born in Europe, and two-thirds came from Germany and German speaking countries. Germans came in three waves of immigration from different areas of the German lands.
German Immigration and the Development of the Beer Industry in America. The most noted reason why Germans had left their homeland for America were varied. Some would say intolerable economic conditions in the German states and a desire for improvement in the shortest time as possible was one of the foremost reasons for the coming of Germans to America. Not only where the pauperize people were coming to America. There were many of the comparatively prosperous who also came; to better themselves economically.
The famine had a disastrous effect all over Ireland and with the failure of the then British rulers to help with the food shortage and the exporting of grain to pay landlords their rent Ireland became practically unlivable which was the main reason for Irish immigration in the 1800’s. The famine left over a million people dead of starvation and others who survived with diseases such as cholera and typhus. Making them flee to the United States and Canada as well, as the living conditions were harsh in Ireland, the ship they traveled in to America was poorly as well, it was know as the “Coffin Ship”. The conditions were so poorly that many Irish died during the trip to the United States and Canada, never having the chance to live the better
Somewhere in the 19th century, there was an incredible rise of immigration rates. Immigrants were coming to America in big numbers, and they needed jobs and housing. The overflow of immigrants caused a new problem for them, for many of them were jobless and had poor housing. In the middle of the 19th century, immigrants were coming to America left and right. It quickly became a predicament where there were more people than places to live in.
However, this was not the case. Many Immigrants were flocking to America to escape from poverty, persecution and revolutions in their home countries. This created a lot of hostility as Americans feared that immigrants coming into the United States would have an effect on american society, socially, religiously, economically and politically. Historians have argued over what was the main cause was for growing hostility. Contributing factors are; the changing nature of immigration and entrenched WASP racism, pre-existing legislation before 1920s, WWI and isolationism, economic fears, social and religious fears, and political fears.
Although at the time of the large influx of immigrants the farmers did experience a period of posterity because of the increased demand for food, the rural population opposed the immigrants because of their nativist views that the immigrants are ruining the American culture. These conflicts between “true Americans” and immigrants sparked social reform because they rural population depended on the cities as their seaports, and the urban population depended on the countryside because it was their main access to
Taxes, levied to pay for the war, added to the people's plight. (http://www.anabaptists.org/history/ss8001.html) * Religious disputes also drove people to leave their homes. In Europe the rulers chose what church they wanted in their lands. Many pious Germans of strong convictions found this hard to bear. (http://www.anabaptists.org/history/ss8001.html) * After the year 1800, Germans still poured into the US, but for different reasons than the earlier generations.
In the early 1800's many people came into America looking for new opportunities and played an important role in our countries history. In Germany there were many reasons why people wanted to migrate to America. Because of modernization many family businesses failed and the people hoped that they could bring their businesses to America. Population density was also a problem. There was also lots of political problems in Germany and random attacks from outside nations that scared many people into immigration.