The new wave of immigrants came from Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe as well as Asia, to escape poverty and religious and political persecution. Many were Catholics and Jews who were feared by many Americans. Americans began a group called the Nativists, who felt the immigrants were inferior to them. They also feared these “aliens” carried disease and were unsanitary. The most targeted group was the Chinese. The Chinese Exclusion Act was put into action in 1882 and the Chinese were forbid into America until 1943, in fear that they were coming to earn money, then go back home. These men were called “Birds of Passage.”
The new wave also brought many positive things to America. They moved to the cities in the NorthEast in clusters and
The new wave also brought many positive things to America. They moved to the cities in the NorthEast in clusters and