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Industrial Revolution
(Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries) Employed thousands of immigrants into manufacturing work. Workers, the majority who were Irish, lived along the east coast. -
Immigration by the Numbers
742,000 by 1821 -
Immigration by the Numbers
Immigration doubled to 1,713,251, eventually leading up to 5 million Germans (mostly farmers) settling in the Midwest. Thousands of other immigrants worked in the New England textile industry as well. -
Irish Potato Famine (Great Famine)
1.1 million, extremely poor Irish immigrants. -
Mexican American War
After Texas is annexed. -
California gold Rush
California Gold Rush brought in 25,000 Chinese immigrants. -
Failed European Revolutions
France, Netherlands, Austrian Empire, etc., forced European immigrants to move. -
Chinese Immigration
Railroad building and expansion West, the Chinese were largely responsible for America's railroad system. -
Great Migration 1815-1850
Low cost land grants to lure Canadian immigrants (800,000 total). -
Polish Political Insurrections 1820-1860
2,000 Poles become immigrants. -
Homestead Act of 1862
Free/Low Cost land for Western settlers. -
Civil War
German and Irish immigrants used as soldiers for both the Confederacy and the Union armies. -
French Canadian Immigration
Some came as missionaries into the New England area, as well as into the Midwest.
