*Immigration+-+Europe

__**Guiding Questions:**__ What parts of the world did most immigrants come from during the time period? Were these immigrants welcomed by the society at large? What policies were enacted that limited immigration? Did immigrants assimilate into the American culture? How did immigrants attempt to retain their cultural heritage?

Topic Claimed by Wojtek W., Pd.5.

Immigrants from Europen nations such as Italy,Croatia,Greece, Poland,Czechoslovakia,Hungary and Russia.During the fourty year period Immigrants came to United States for few reasons. First Reason is that the population of Europe had doubled over the course of 1800s.Approximately 60 million people fled Europe during this period, almost half that number went to United States because of low wages, unemployment, disease, forced military conscription and religious persecution in their homelands.

Most of the immigrants came to United States so they can get a job and their kids can get a education. Most of the nations was trying to stick together. For example Chicago is populated by polish people, also so the delis with some of the homeland products. For these people life in US wasnt so easy they are hard working people try to do their best so they live could be better than in their homelands.

They only communication with their family were letters to their friends and relatives.They also maintained their culture by publishing newspaper in their own native language.

The new immigrants during 1880-1920 they entered low-paying,wage-labor jobs. Many cities had overflowing sewers, uncollected garbage ,impure water and general stench in the air.Americans blamed the New immigrants for the unsettling situation in the cities and for taking over their nation. This still goes around in present time. People that were born in US still think that the Immigrants shouldn't be allowed to live here. Some people say US should be only for the American blood. Well the realy American blood were Native-Americans.

Historians estimate that less than ! million immigrants crossed the Atlantic durin 17th and 18th centuries.From 1836-1914 over 30 million Europeans migrated to United States.In 1875 the antion passed the first immigration law .This act aimed at further restricting the Southern and Eastern Europeans, especially Jews, Italiand and Slavs, who began entering the country in large numbers. Most of the Europeans refugees fleeing the Nazis and World War II were barred from coming to United States.

Now in days not a lot of immigrants come to this country because all the jobs are taken. In 1920s every immigrant had right to work without any work papers now you have to get your work papers from the government to be able to work.

To the large amount of immigrants coming to United States immigration stated that every person that want to cross the border needs a paper that will allow them leaving they country to go to other. After few years they called them visas they allowed a person to be there for a limited amount of time.

Immigrants entering the US who could not afford first class or second class came through the processing center at Ellis Island.