During the turn of the century America was going through changes in diversity. For instance, the multiple amounts of immigrants coming to the United States, Italians, Mexican, Chinese, Japanese and more. The immigrants had a variety of origins, problems faced, and multiple reason for migrating to the US. These immigrants made up several workforces in different areas of production for the United States. Despite this, Americans weren’t pleased at all with the number of immigrants hence, the number of anti-immigration acts that were introduced. Although, the US tried to stop immigrants they prospered and ultimately helped America in a number of ways.
The Chinese immigrants of the late 19th century originated from china. Arriving here by the thousands on boat they mainly settled in the western areas of the United States California, Oregon, etc. The Chinese had a number of reasons of why they migrated to the United States. Some came to provide for their families back home. An unusual aspect of their migration is that they did not plan to stay in the United …show more content…
They originated mainly from the southern parts of Italy but had no specific area and all had poverty in common. New York was a major settlement area for the Italians as most of them wanted to deviate from farming jobs and live in urban areas. Poverty was the main component for the immigration to America from the Italians they primarily were farmers but lacked the tools to do it efficiently, hence why no money was being made and they were increasingly sinking into poverty. The money that was being made in America was enough for Italian to migrate for economic growth. According to author Molnar political issues were another driving force, “Starting in the 1870s the government took measures to repress political views such as anarchy and socialism. In general, Italians came to the United States to escape political
The Chinese immigrants of the late 19th century originated from china. Arriving here by the thousands on boat they mainly settled in the western areas of the United States California, Oregon, etc. The Chinese had a number of reasons of why they migrated to the United States. Some came to provide for their families back home. An unusual aspect of their migration is that they did not plan to stay in the United …show more content…
They originated mainly from the southern parts of Italy but had no specific area and all had poverty in common. New York was a major settlement area for the Italians as most of them wanted to deviate from farming jobs and live in urban areas. Poverty was the main component for the immigration to America from the Italians they primarily were farmers but lacked the tools to do it efficiently, hence why no money was being made and they were increasingly sinking into poverty. The money that was being made in America was enough for Italian to migrate for economic growth. According to author Molnar political issues were another driving force, “Starting in the 1870s the government took measures to repress political views such as anarchy and socialism. In general, Italians came to the United States to escape political