The United States is a nation of immigrants. For a variety of reasons, groups of people from foreign lands left their native countries and relocated to the United States. Many of these immigrants faced hardships after they arrived in the United States.
According to the graph in Document one, immigrants suffered from lots of reasons, tolerance had gone to the top. Began from 1840, Ireland was exposed to famine; potato crop failure caused Irish to suffer. In 1900, anti-Semitism drove Jews out their national border. At the same time, United States was experiencing a formal change, industrial expansion, free western land and etc. Better lives and job opportunities allured the immigrants and brought them to the U.S.
In Document two stated “the Irish lived under awful stress,” unfair treatment and destitution caused them to leave their country. However, different people have distinct needs. In Document three, a Greek immigrant mentioned “Greece in those days had only one university, and if you had kids who wanted to go to the university it was very hard to get the chance.” Educational opportunity was one of the main concerns to the parents. “A worker in Greece made about five dollars a day, when a worker’s pay in the United States was about thirty dollars a day,” salary too, was an issue leading to immigration.
Famine, destitution, unlawful treats and other reasons brought them to the United States of America. After arrival to the U.S. things were unexpected. In Document four, an anti-immigration pamphlet posted hostility towards in 1885. “Restrict all Immigration” as shown in the poster, however, native born Americans supported. In exchange, they got higher pays. Due to the effect of U.S. Depressions, immigrants lived in tenements: rooms served many purposes. As the photograph shown in Document five, it was over crowded. In the year of 1885, United States experienced an economic change, many factories reduced the work time to cut down wages. Hope was vanished...