Analyze politically, socially and economically to what extent immigration impacted American society from 1865 to 1898.
The United States has always been a mixing pot, immigrants from all over the world have been coming with a common goal to better themselves and their families. Nonetheless, immigrants had never had it easy to succeed in a foreign society, the time period 1865 to 1898 was no the exemption. Irish, Russians, Greeks, Poles, Hungarians, Romanians, Chinese and Bohemians among many other were coming to the union to face prejudices from “true Americans”. Immigration caused a strain in society since the government would not help immigrant at any point under any circumstance, the gap between the rich and the poor grew as immigrants …show more content…
Immigrants were not too different from slaves they lived in crowded rooms as is described in document 6 in which an Italian immigrant in New York City lives in a tenement house with more than 80 other people, they did get paid but enough for their work and as is already stated their living conditions were awful. The purpose of the author is to inform the general public on how immigrants were living due to lack of government help and education.This document is another example of the lost of American principles, how can a true American let hardworking men suffer like …show more content…
In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion act came into effect, yet in 1844 during the gold rush, Chinese workers risked their lives working in unsafe mines, many times they even walked to their death. In the late 1800s, the government establishes a government agency the Immigration and Naturalization Service to limit the number of immigrants this is one of the first times the government tries to intervene as far as immigration is concerned. The purpose of document seven is to inform its audience of the approaches the government does to help American society better due to the overpopulation of cities due to
The United States has always been a mixing pot, immigrants from all over the world have been coming with a common goal to better themselves and their families. Nonetheless, immigrants had never had it easy to succeed in a foreign society, the time period 1865 to 1898 was no the exemption. Irish, Russians, Greeks, Poles, Hungarians, Romanians, Chinese and Bohemians among many other were coming to the union to face prejudices from “true Americans”. Immigration caused a strain in society since the government would not help immigrant at any point under any circumstance, the gap between the rich and the poor grew as immigrants …show more content…
Immigrants were not too different from slaves they lived in crowded rooms as is described in document 6 in which an Italian immigrant in New York City lives in a tenement house with more than 80 other people, they did get paid but enough for their work and as is already stated their living conditions were awful. The purpose of the author is to inform the general public on how immigrants were living due to lack of government help and education.This document is another example of the lost of American principles, how can a true American let hardworking men suffer like …show more content…
In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion act came into effect, yet in 1844 during the gold rush, Chinese workers risked their lives working in unsafe mines, many times they even walked to their death. In the late 1800s, the government establishes a government agency the Immigration and Naturalization Service to limit the number of immigrants this is one of the first times the government tries to intervene as far as immigration is concerned. The purpose of document seven is to inform its audience of the approaches the government does to help American society better due to the overpopulation of cities due to