19th Century Immigration Research Paper

The United States as most people know it came from a not so usual origin compared to countries of Europe and Asia. Like the rest of the Americas it gained almost all of its population from immigration. But the U.S.A. has a much more diverse population of immigrants ranging from Western Europe all the way to Southeast Asia. As such an important part of the past most people see immigration in the 1800's as the time the U.S. became the great country it is today. At the time of the late 19th century the citizens saw it more as a nuisance than a blessing. The old immigrants were mostly people from Western Europe, from countries such as England, Germany, Scandinavia, etc. These countries produced pretty much the same class of people as they had similar governments to that of the new world. Most immigrants of this era were Protestant, literate, and could easily acclimate to the new country whether it be in the city of the frontier. The new immigrants were mostly people of eastern and Southern Europe, such as Italy and Poland. This group of people had a harder time adjusting to the new world in terms of government type, language, religion, and had a hard time finding jobs outside of the city. This caused a stir because they were making economic changes by doing jobs for less …show more content…
One reason for this uprise in antiforeignism was simply that the original Anglo-Saxon population feared a place where they were a minority to "inferior" Southern Europeans. With continuing efforts and a large backing organizations eventually influenced the government to make laws partially barring the new immigrants, this including so-called undesirables. Though the new immigrants faced adversity they came into the U.S. and ultimately helped for the betterment of the