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Jewish Immigration
Jews migrated to America for one soul purpose, religious freedom. In many parts of Europe they could not live their lives following their religion. They were discriminated agenst and were often times restricted from practicig their reigion. -
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German Immigartion
The German immigrants flooded into the United States durning these twenty years. They came durning this time due to all of the political unrest and social problems durning this time. Being that the revolution was during 1848 ths effected the immigration rate greatly. Americawas in many ways a safe haven. -
Chinese Immigration Wave
The immigartion of the chinese was first noticable in the 1850s. They immigrated mainly for the building of he railroads in he west however they also came in large groups during the gold rush. Many times young men would come over into the United States for the purpose of working for sometime and then returning to Chna. The were one of the most widely discriminated groups. -
Italian Immigration
Italian Immigartion was not a new thing to the United States however durning the 80s the rates spiked. This was due to the unrest in the nation. Many immigrants flead from poverty aswell. -
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The Chinese Exclusion Acr
This was the limitation on the amount of Chinese that the United States allowed into the nation. Many chinese had to go through extensive applications inorder to be allowed into America and even then they had to work much harder to gain their citizenship. -
Irish Immigration
Itaian immigration was fueled by many reasons however the potatoe famine wasthe main cause of the sharp increase. Moving to America was often times a last opption is escaping hunger.