In the 1800s, people from all over the world decided to leave there homes and immigrant to the United States. Abandoning land, farms and jobs just to come to the United States due to its economic opportunity. Nearly 12 million immigrants came to the United States in 1870 and 1900. Europeans entered from the East Coast, when the Asians entered from the West Coast. Majority of all immigrants enter through New York City. All in search of fortune and better life for their families and self’s. Foreigners from all over the world wanted to come to United States to be apart of the gold rush. When news came out about gold being found everyone stopped what they were doing and sold everything they possessed to get money get to come. They knew that
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In July 1862 Congress passed the Pacific Railroad Act, which gave two large railroad companies, Central Pacific and Union Pacific, approval to construct and operate a railroad that would reach from coast to coast. Union Pacific began in the East, and Central Pacific in the West. Competition between the two soon became a race to see which company could lay the most tracks before the two met. Historians estimate that between 500 and 1,000 Chinese workers lost their lives in this dangerous …show more content…
But they had to do what they had to do and didn’t let anything get in the way and stop them which made it more special because they took jobs nobody was willing to take also taking the jobs that pay way less than other jobs. It was tough to them due to them having to sell everything they had to get money to travel all the way to the United States. Times changed over the time things now days compared to back them are totally different in a good way. To where people have more freedom and they can do as they please if it’s to be poor or to do something with their
In July 1862 Congress passed the Pacific Railroad Act, which gave two large railroad companies, Central Pacific and Union Pacific, approval to construct and operate a railroad that would reach from coast to coast. Union Pacific began in the East, and Central Pacific in the West. Competition between the two soon became a race to see which company could lay the most tracks before the two met. Historians estimate that between 500 and 1,000 Chinese workers lost their lives in this dangerous …show more content…
But they had to do what they had to do and didn’t let anything get in the way and stop them which made it more special because they took jobs nobody was willing to take also taking the jobs that pay way less than other jobs. It was tough to them due to them having to sell everything they had to get money to travel all the way to the United States. Times changed over the time things now days compared to back them are totally different in a good way. To where people have more freedom and they can do as they please if it’s to be poor or to do something with their