What were some of the reasons immigrants came to the United States in the late 1800's and early 1900's?

Answer 1

lol that first answer is funny. but not true.
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People immigrated here so that they could seek better lives and get away from all the bad things that were happening in their countries.

Answer 2

I had to "cheat" and cut & paste this answer because I'm not too good at remembering things and I fell asleep in some of my classes when I was supposed to be learning this, lol.

Well, it helped me out too because I did look it up for awhile tonight, so now I know. I don't know how long I'll retain it though, lol.

Rich in natural resources; It has great stretches of some of the most fertile soil on earth, a plentiful water supply and excellent water routes, and large stretches of forests. There are also huge deposits of valuable minerals which lie underneath the ground.

Economically, the United States is one of the world's most highly developed and productive nations. No other country equals the United States in the production of goods and services. Its people enjoy one of the world's highest standards of living.

Until the 1500's, what is now the United States was largely a wilderness. Small groups of Amerindians lived scattered over the land between the Atlantic and Pacific. Inuit inhabited what is now Alaska, and Polynesians lived in Hawaii. People in Europe saw in this vast "new world" a chance to build new and better lives.

Answer 3

There were two pretty significant reasons.

First, much of Europe suffered famines during the 19th Century. This led to diseases and helped fuel the political instability that left many people displaced.

The second reason was the political instability, which triggered several wars. Many people immigrated to escape political persecution.

My own grandparents and their families left Europe to seek a better life and due in large part to both of the first reasons.

My mother's family was Polish. My father's was German.

Answer 4

Irish came during the Irish Potato Famine (1845-1849) on what they called Coffin Ships. The potato's got a fungus and it ruined them all. They came looking for a better life. Wikipedia has some great stuff on this. I had to do an essay for my cultural diversity class last semester.

Answer 5

Hey u could start a new life
Better jobs
New rules, law. People could be trying to escape for many reasons. and many other reasons could vary for which place the people were coming from. " what place they were comeing from could anwser why they had to immagrate from that place".

Answer 6

1. economic reasons
2. famine
3. jobs
4. better life

Answer 7

Because everywhere else sucked

Answer 8

http://www.rapidimmigration.com/usa/1_eng_immigration_history.html

http://www.americanwest.com/swedemigr/pages/emigra.htm

these 2... goldmine (or maybe copper!) happy reading