Throughout United States history there have been many problems the country has had to face and overcome, from segregation to financial disasters, but one that is very significant in the way the United States is today is immigration. Since the end of the Civil War up until the late 1920’s into 1930, immigrants faced many obstacles, fortunately these obstacles have been triumphed. Around 1848 when California joined the United States, hundreds of thousands of immigrants flooded the United States in hope of finding gold and starting a new, richer life. The population of California grew from 10,000 to 350,000 within a matter of just a few years, most of which were all young and single men. The majority of the population of the immigrants were
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In the article An Advice Column for Jewish Immigrants, 1906, 1907, a family writes to the editor how they came to the “Golden Land,” and the husband of the Jewish family cannot get a job because he does not want to shave his beard, which is one of many requirements for a Jewish man to get a job. There were all kinds of requirements for immigrants to follow in order for them to be able to get a job and most of those requirements were to rid themselves of their beliefs or traditions. Then there were Palmer Raids, these raids were conducted by the US general Mitchell Palmer because of a bomb that was set off at his house and many other places as well. Palmer raids were raids on houses, mainly immigrants, that were suspect of placing the bombs or knowing something about the bombings that were taking place, and during this time about 10,000 immigrants were arrested. Then finally came the Immigration Act of 1924, this act stated that 2% of the total number of immigrants from that nation in the US in 1890, because of the 1890 census, can enter the US every year, and people from Japan and China cannot become US citizens or enter the US. Before this Act was passed, there were several debates about immigration reconstruction. In Congress Debates Immigration Reconstruction, 1921, two men, Mr. London and Mr. Parrish argue whether immigration is good for the United States or not. Mr. Parrish does not believe in immigration, he believes that immigration is slowing down the US because he believes that the immigrants are not willing to “declare himself obedient to our flag, and willing to release himself from any obligations he may owe to the flag of the country from which he came.” Mr. London on the other hand believes that immigration is good for the
In the article An Advice Column for Jewish Immigrants, 1906, 1907, a family writes to the editor how they came to the “Golden Land,” and the husband of the Jewish family cannot get a job because he does not want to shave his beard, which is one of many requirements for a Jewish man to get a job. There were all kinds of requirements for immigrants to follow in order for them to be able to get a job and most of those requirements were to rid themselves of their beliefs or traditions. Then there were Palmer Raids, these raids were conducted by the US general Mitchell Palmer because of a bomb that was set off at his house and many other places as well. Palmer raids were raids on houses, mainly immigrants, that were suspect of placing the bombs or knowing something about the bombings that were taking place, and during this time about 10,000 immigrants were arrested. Then finally came the Immigration Act of 1924, this act stated that 2% of the total number of immigrants from that nation in the US in 1890, because of the 1890 census, can enter the US every year, and people from Japan and China cannot become US citizens or enter the US. Before this Act was passed, there were several debates about immigration reconstruction. In Congress Debates Immigration Reconstruction, 1921, two men, Mr. London and Mr. Parrish argue whether immigration is good for the United States or not. Mr. Parrish does not believe in immigration, he believes that immigration is slowing down the US because he believes that the immigrants are not willing to “declare himself obedient to our flag, and willing to release himself from any obligations he may owe to the flag of the country from which he came.” Mr. London on the other hand believes that immigration is good for the