7-1 drea and alex
Why did immigrants come to the US?
Better land, gold, new life, better jobs.
Where did immigrants come from?
Europe. china, japan, Mexico, west indies they settled in the east and southeast they came on steam ships across the atlantic ocean form wurope pacifit crossing from asia. traveled in steerage poor conditions. german irish british scandinavian jewish italian polish hungarian czrchs serabians slovakians greeks syrian turkish and armenian. australians new lealands canadians mexican central and south americans russiansa and mainly asians
What problems/issues did immigrants face on the trip over and once they got here?
they had poor conditions, they traveled in steerage. which is like the storage. they had to find people with their native language and cultruals to survivs. they pooled money. they stated that all immigrants should beable to read at least 40 words in english and their native language. chinese were banned from 1882 to at least 1943 japan almost got the same thing but they fought back and just kept coming.
Why did some people want to put restriction on immigration? What were those restrictions?
because they thought that the immigrants were going to take stuff from them . they thoght tgat they should melt into their society. they thought that people who were born in america were just better. they favored british germens scandinavians and anglo saxons because they thought that they were just better. they stated that all immigrants should beable to read at least 40 words in english and their native language. they were concerned about chinease taking their jobs.
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