An immigrant is-a person who leaves one country to settle permanently in another. Immigrants came to the US to earn money. And when they would earn enough money sometimes they would return to their homeland but some would stay. They came for a better life, religious reasons, pushed out of country, and gold. They would migrate to many different states.
Immigrants came from: Russia. western and easten Europe. Mexico, Cuba, Japan, Jamaica, China, Italy, and Austria-hungary. They came from all around the world. When the immigrants came they were a major source of population growth and brought a lot of culture change to the United States.
Probelms they faced. They traveled in very small and confined areas that couldn't get much air. Several died before they reached their destination. Lots of dieses. They were lice in their beds. Traveled in small ships. Immigrants had to share toilets. Once they got to the US there were a lot of anxiety. They had to find a place to live, had to get a job, had to get a long with daily life, and had to adapt to a different culture.Had to pass inspections to be allowed into the country, physical and monetary and hard questioning, Ellis Island, find a place to live, get a job, language, and sulture barriers.
At Ellis Island
The restrictions on immigrants and why they wanted to put the restrictions on them.Religious beliefs, literacy tests, languages, thought they were taking jobs from them, racists.
-Chinese Exclusion Act 1882-1943 banned all entry to Chinese except students, teachers, merchants, tourists, and government officials. 1902 all entry was banned untill 1943
-Gentlemen's agreement. Japan's government limited emigration of unskilled workers in exchange for no segregation
I think the immigrants had a very harsh life style and i almost feel bad for them. All they wanted to do was to be a normal person and have a better life, but they had to work very hard to get their life they always wanted and had many struggels along the way.
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Well done Taylor!