They would go to Ellis Island outside of New York.
poor foreign immigrants
south America
Decreased wages for immigrants
most likely a European immigrant seeking economic opportunities and freedom from political and religious persecution. You would have settled in a city like New York or Chicago and faced challenges such as language barriers and discrimination, but also the chance for a better life for you and your family.
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.
Public schools are most helpful for assimilating recent immigrants into America.
Most immigrants to America now is Mexico and many latin American countries
Pennsylvania
Texas
Nigeria.
They would probably have crossed the Atlantic Ocean.
They would probably have crossed the Atlantic Ocean.