Steerage increased Immigration in the US because they could come to the US and not pay a lot of money.
The signing of the Burlingame Treaty
The event that helped increase Chinese immigration in the US was the signing of the Burlingame Treaty. The Burlingame Treaty was signed in the year 1868.
The signing of the Burlingame Treaty.....apex
They created the Chinese Exclusion Act
They created the Chinese Exclusion Act
They created the Chinese Exclusion Act
The California Gold Rush .
Disrupted the lives of people in those regions
The Steerage was created in 1907.
Increase.
European immigration vastly increased prior to the US Civil War. Famines in Ireland brought many Irish people to the US. Also, the failed 1848 peoples revolutions in Europe caused many Europeans to seek shelter in the US.
Immigration from Europe and East Asia spurred the growth of population in the US in the 19th century. Also, in the antebellum days, the slave population also increased.