Polish Immigration to America Citizens of Poland were searching for a new place to call home and start over throughout the 1900’s, especially early on. As Poland seemed to be showing more and more push factors, America shined bright of potential and hope. Many people would soon take on this land of opportunity and try to build their new life. Evidence shows America’s pull factors and Poland’s bad conditions not only through research, but revealed in the story The Son From America. In the early 1900’s, many people in Poland felt the need to leave their country. Many farmers in Poland had not yet modernized its industries or agricultural methods and could not keep up with the countries in Western Europe that were more industrialized. At the
