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Late 1800’s Immigration:

Many people immigrated from all over the world in the late 1800’s to come to the United States. The main reasons were because of crop failure, more money towards taxes, less jobs and land available, and there is better support in the U.S. When people came, most immigrated through the Ellis Island’s immigration center. The overall picture was to come for freedom and less stress. Also to live a better life and have a better future. The main people that came were from Germany, Ireland, and England. Once they got to the U.S. most would settle right near the ports where they entered. While some moved inland where more jobs were available. This was supposed to be better land for immigrants but they were treated unfairly and stereotyped, and were paid very low for the hard work they do.

Early 1900’s Immigration:

Many people in the early 1900’s immigrated to the United States for most of the same reasons. The main reasons were to leave behind the poor conditions, stress and hardships and religious reasons. So basically in the end they could live a better life. Most of these people that came were Irish and German. Millions of people immigrated during this time.

Reforms: Chinese Exclusion Act: The Chinese came to America in large numbers during the 1849 California Gold Rush and in the 1860s when the Central Pacific Railroad recruited large labor gangs to build its portion of the Transcontinental Railroad. Large-scale immigration continued into the late 1800s, with 123,201 Chinese recorded as arriving between 1871 and 1880, and 61,711 arriving between 1881 and 1890. After being forcibly driven from the mines, most Chinese settled in cities, mainly San Francisco, and took up low wage jobs such as restaurant work and laundry.After the civil war the economy was in decline by the 1870s, anti-Chinese animosity became politicized by labor leader Dennis Kearney and his Workingman's Party as well as by Governor John Bigler, both of whom blamed Chinese "coolies" for depressed wage levels. Another significant anti-Chinese group organized in California during this same era was the Supreme Order of Caucasians with some 64 chapters statewide.

There was large immigration problems in the late 1800's and early 1900's including the chinese exclusion act. During this time the United States was having many thousands of people coming in to live a better life. Today we are still having the same problems with immigration, however the people are coming more from Mexico and areas like that. There wil always be some type of immigration problems.



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