According to records in the Library of Congress, if you were an immigrant to the US in 1880, you were most likely English, Irish, or German. Most immigrants at that time were seeking economic betterment.
Is this a question from Odyssey Ware? If so, your answer would be, "The Country Was Running Out Of Room."
they would be driven out of their homes or become slaves
working in a sweatshop
A big challenge faced by Chinese immigrants who arrived in San Francisco Bay was the language barrier. The Chinese had to seek out other Chinese to communicate.
Around 1820, approximately 200,000 immigrants arrived in America, driven by factors like economic opportunity and political unrest in their home countries. This wave was part of a larger trend of immigration that would see millions coming to the United States over the following decades. The numbers fluctuated due to various conditions, including changes in immigration laws and global events.
They would go to Ellis Island outside of New York.
Is this a question from Odyssey Ware? If so, your answer would be, "The Country Was Running Out Of Room."
No, it was better. Irish immigrants had rights and freedoms in America, when they previously did not in their home country.
When immigrants arrived, Nativists would throw objects at them. They would throw rocks, or wood, or dirt. If that wasn't bad enough, Nativists would exile immigrants to the dirtiest, most dingy and unhealthy outskirts of the city. The immigrants were forced into the worst jobs.
they would be driven out of their homes or become slaves
answered by: anomus The Immigrants would take jobs from the Americans
a Protestant
The trip for the Italians to get to America was not an easy one. They traveled by boat in poor and rough conditions and many arrived in America with nothing more than the clothing on their backs.
John Peter Zenger, a German immigrant, likely spoke German when he first arrived in America. However, he also would have learned English, as it was the predominant language in the American colonies at the time.
I would suggest that the ratio is 1. All immigrants to America must have been born!
The first war would have been when the second wave of immigrants from Asia arrived about 15,000 years ago.
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