During the nineteenth century, many immigrants came to America with the hopes of taking up farming or acquiring a job. The three main groups of immigrants were Irish, German, and British. These three groups also had the largest number of immigrants. The Irish had around one million six hundred thousand immigrants come to America. The Germans had around one million two hundred thousand immigrants travel to America. The British had almost six hundred thousand immigrant journey to America. Many of the Irish decided the travel to America because the looming of a depression. This depression was brought on by the Potato famine that killed more than one million people. Many of those who came to America had been farmers and this left them with
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However, the Irish continued to be racist towards the African Americans even though they received a small taste of how the African Americans were treated and did not like it. The Irish finally found a friend in Andrew Jackson who was the son of a Scots-Irish colonist. Because of this, at election time, the Irish voted for Andrew Jackson who won because of the support he received from the Irish. Soon Catholicism became the largest denomination in America. German immigration peaked in 1854 after the crest of immigrant of the Irish. These German immigrants included doctors, lawyers, teachers, and engineers. Mainly these immigrants were refugees of the failure of the German revolution of 1848. Most of the German immigrants were Protestants and they brought with them many different religious views. Some of the immigrants were Catholics and others were Jews or atheist. Most of the German immigrants settled in the rural areas instead of the cities. Also, the most of the Germans immigrated in families or groups instead of individually. Most of the Germans also eventually returned to their homeland or country. The British immigrants came to America during the nineteenth century. These immigrants generally included professionals, independent
However, the Irish continued to be racist towards the African Americans even though they received a small taste of how the African Americans were treated and did not like it. The Irish finally found a friend in Andrew Jackson who was the son of a Scots-Irish colonist. Because of this, at election time, the Irish voted for Andrew Jackson who won because of the support he received from the Irish. Soon Catholicism became the largest denomination in America. German immigration peaked in 1854 after the crest of immigrant of the Irish. These German immigrants included doctors, lawyers, teachers, and engineers. Mainly these immigrants were refugees of the failure of the German revolution of 1848. Most of the German immigrants were Protestants and they brought with them many different religious views. Some of the immigrants were Catholics and others were Jews or atheist. Most of the German immigrants settled in the rural areas instead of the cities. Also, the most of the Germans immigrated in families or groups instead of individually. Most of the Germans also eventually returned to their homeland or country. The British immigrants came to America during the nineteenth century. These immigrants generally included professionals, independent