Why were the Germans discriminated against when they came to America?

Answer 1

German immigrants began to migrate to the New World in 1717, but the eruption of Immigration did not start until later in the 18th century, around the year 1756.

There was terrible overpopulation in Germany because emigration was illegal. The overpopulation wrecked the economy; the Germans were willing to work for for less than appropriate standards.

However, those who were paid little for the labor were lucky. Most of the Germanic population were serfs, those who belonged to a lord, much like slaves. The lords crammed their serfs into little buildings under terrible conditions.

What made the situation even worse was that the rest of Europe had ideas of Mercantilism, the idea that whoever had the most money was the most powerful and influential. All the tactics to achieve higher financial standards failed and only caused terrible diseases, which lead German's economy into a spiraling downfall.

If the economy and the terrible conditions were not good enough reasons to emigrate, there was a religious aspect as well. Most of the Immigrants who came to America were Catholic and the spread of Protestant beliefs were rampant.

With nowhere else to run, the German emigrants came to the New World, to the English Colonies, where they thought they would find a safe-haven from all the turmoil that was happening in Europe.

They were wrong.

Answer 2

Because he told most of them what most of them wanted to hear. For obvious reasons people want to know that they are better off by being governed by someone who has a plan for their betterment, the fact that the German masses would have their living standards increased by public works including rearmament & dispossessing the Jews & occupying other peoples territory, was, in many peoples view, a good thing. The Czechs & Poles & many others soon found out otherwise, from their point of view....

Answer 3

They didn't really have a choice at first. The Nazis came to power by making alliances with other right-wing parties and taking advantage of a national emergency to affect the elections. Once they got just enough seats in the parliament, they amended the constitution to make Adolf Hitler the sole ruler of Germany. It happened so quickly (it took about 2.5 months) that nobody really realized what was happening until it was done.

Hitler quickly passed laws to ban political opposition, protests, labor unions, and even all political parties except the Nazi Party. The first concentration camps were built to imprison dissenting politicians, especially leftists like the Communists and Socialists. He spent almost a year and a half refashioning the government to fit his ideology; by August 1934, he was the total, unquestioned dictator of Germany.

The other mitigating factor is that the government had been fairly unsuccessful prior to Hitler's Machtergreifung("seizure of power"). The 1920s were chaotic, and economic problems- especially after the Great Depression started in 1929- made life hard for the German people. Hitler forced into place a government that would always do exactly what he wanted, and it was able to deal with the Depression (mostly by greatly expanding the military, security, and police agencies).

So Hitler may have seemed like a heartless bastard to some Germans, but they figured "hey, at least he's fixing the economy." He was seen as restoring pride and patriotism in Germany, after a decade and a half of defeat and humiliation after World War I. Germany had a long history of antisemitism, so the Nazi antagonism towards Jews wasn't anything totally new thing to Germans- although the Nazis did rapidly go overboard with it. By that point, however, it was too late to stop them, and the few organized attempts to oppose Nazism after 1934, such as those made by the Catholic Church, or the White Rose group, were ruthlessly crushed.

Answer 4

Because many people thought they would cause overcrowding in cites. Some people created secret societies known as the know nothing party. they are called that because when they were asked about it they answered I know nothing about it.

Answer 5

It is natural for people of similar language and culture to want to live together, since they already have shared community values that they understand. In a community where there are people of different cultures living in proximity there is more of a learning process.

Answer 6

they came because they didnt want any buisness in the military/war. and America is

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Answer 7

The Germans accepted in America because America won lots of wars and beateed German before and America gave some sayings.