Why did immigrants prejudice in America?

Immigrants had different food, languages, culture, and traditions.

People thought immigrants were taking jobs away from citizens.

People thought immigrants were taking jobs away from citizens.

People thought immigrants were taking jobs away from citizens. Americans also did not understand the new religious customs immigrants brought with them.

They did not face 'special' prejudice.

They helped fuel prejudice against German immigrants.

Catholic immigrants suffered special prejudice from ignorant people who believed that all Catholics were backward, uneducated, and dirty. They believed that they worshiped statues and idols, that they were not "true Christians".

Navists were prejudice against immigrants

people were afraid of losing their jobs

Immigrants Why did so many immigrants come to America? Answer: Immigrants came for freedoms that America has to offer and because America was a land of opportunity.

Yes, because people were nativists.

It was the other way around: America got to these immigrants.

alienation, prejudice and poverty were the dominant ones.

about 100,000 German immigrants came to America

Immigrants helped invent many useful items in America.

immigrants tended to adjust well to america if they what ?

English Immigrants traveled to America by sailing ships.

Yes and not only in America

More than half of the people in most big Americans cities were immigrants or children of immigrants.

Immigrants chose to move to colonial America for better opportunities. Many other immigrants chose to move to America for religious freedom.

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.

Like many of today's immigrants, there were colonists who came to America because they were facing persecution (or experiencing prejudice) because of their religious or cultural beliefs. Also, like many of today's immigrants, there were colonists who came to America seeking a better life for themselves and their family, and economic opportunities that were not available to them in the old country.

how can they be 'English American' immigrants if they havent come to America already....

European immigrants brought the celebration of Halloween to America.

When immigrants were leaving for America, they were happy and scared. Immigrants were scared because they left everything they knew and did not know what they were going to see in America. Immigrants were happy because they were going to a land of opportunity and a better life.