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Early 1800's patterns

In the 1800's over in 10 million immigrants traveled over seas, plus a large amount of slaves. The Irish potato famine made many have to travel which brought about uncleanliness of ships, which lead to diseases. Immigrants came here for jobs, and land for farming. These immigrants came from England, Europe, Scotland, Ireland and Germany. Some jobs they had were paving streets, digging sewers, laying pipes. This helped the big business scheme because Americans could perform more skilled jobs, while the immigrants performed the necessary duties, which brought on new technology.

Early 1900's patterns

In this time period, immigration patterns shifted so that large numbers were coming from southern and eastern Europe. In 1892, to help with the rapid immigration problems, Ellis island opened in New York.

Angel Island

Angel Island is located in California. This location helped the immigration from the west. These new immigrants helped the industrial revolution because they got jobs on assembly lines. The assembly lines mass-produced products. When the products were mass-produced they became cheaper and because they were cheaper business boomed.

Ellis Island

Through Ellis Island, New York over 12 million immigrants entered the US. This site is important to Americans because over 100 million Americans can trace their ancestors back to Ellis Island. This overall helped big business because it brought skilled workers for all different professions and brought about different cultures. It showed need for reform because diseases were brought over and the United States was starting to become over populated.

Immigration Act of 1917

The Immigration Act of 1917 increased the entry head tax to eight dollars. In the act it excluded all aliens over the age of sixteen. President Woodrow Wilson objected this act but it was still approved by congress. It made it a lot harder for people to enter the country, which helped stop the population problem.

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