They would then be sent one of three ways: New York, New Jersey, or to the hospital on the island (if they had a curable illness). If they did not have a curable illness or problem, then the steamboat company that brought them to Ellis Island had to pay for their way back home.
It depends on where the immigrant was originally from. Some of them applied for their free 160 acres of land (Homestead Act) and others worked in the factories. The more unfortunate lived on the streets. That is why they later made it so no immigrant could become a citizen unless they had some money to start their new lives.
um, i think that they first had to go thru hours of paperwork to legally become an legal immigrant, then they had to board off ships that carried them to the NYC harbor, and created new lives for themselves.
Registered with the government before moving throughout the country.
They registered on Ellis Island.
looked for jobs and oppotuintes
How many immigrants came to ameracia between 1840 and 1860
immigrants should play by the rules.
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Some Scottish immigrants to America were forced there as convicted prisoners, but most came seeking an opportunity for a better life, as did most other immigrants to America.
Immigrants traveled to many places across America and may not have had someone to stay with, so they stayed where ever they could afford to stay. If they had any, immigrants stayed with family or friends after they came to America. Other immigrants came as indentured servants, so their employer provided living quarters. Some came to claim land to homestead, so they would travel to the area which was soon to be open for homesteading to stake their claim.
There have been many immigrants who came to America from the Caribbean over the years. There have been over 3.5 million immigrants who came from the Caribbean.
More immigrants came from Latin America. Apex
The post-1880 newcomers who came to America are called the 'New Immigrants'. The immigrants came from the eastern and southern Europe.
How many immigrants came to ameracia between 1840 and 1860
they came in 1849
immigrants should play by the rules.
1895
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The Irish
they went to do different kinds of jobs in america.
The Irish came to America on ships as immigrants in the late 1800's. Most of the Irish immigrants came to attain religious freedom, find jobs, and have a better chance and a new start in America.
The largest number of immigrants to America before 1860 came from Central and Southeastern Europe.