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History Of Immigration To The United States

Immigration 1820-1920

Immigration in the North American colonies

Illegal Immigration

The first immigrants came from Europe. Particularly from Spain, France and England. Many immigrants promised from the emigration to the United States better economic prospects, as well as religious and political freedom

About ten million of the 34 million immigrants in the US are in the country illegally.

Most immigrants come from Mexico with 31 percent, followed by people from China, the Philippines, India and Cuba

1820: data on immigration were recorded in the "Department of Immigration Statistic".

- There are all the data on the origin, number, place of establishment, employment and the like of immigrants appreciated.

For immigrants who entered the country from 1892 to 1924 through Ellis Iceland, there is an online search

Spain: San Francisco, Los Angeles

France: Detroit, New Orleans

England: English settlers first landed in what is now finally Jamestown (1607) and 1620 the Mayflower in Massachusetts.

Ellis Island

Ellis Island is an island in the Hudson River in New York.

It was the central collection point for migrants in the United States.

Between 1892 and 1954 about 12 million immigrants passed through the island.

1956 Ellis Island was shut down ( Today: museum)

Immigration 1776-1849

Immigration policy since 1924

About 9 percent of the american population in the late 18th century were german. During the first half of the 19th century, 500,000 german emigrated to america

Reason: - revolution of 1848 in germany ( Forty-Eighters)

- million irish fled to america as a consequence of mass starvations

After the Word War 1/2 many people want to immigrate to north america

-> new immigration laws to secure the white character of the population

-> The number of immigrants per country was limited to 2% to the population in 1890.

1848 – California Gold Rush

National origin white Americans according to a census from 1849

The discovery of gold in 1848 brought a large rush of immigrants from around the globe. One of the largest groups to arrive in California was the Chinese.

( 20,000 Chinese in 1852)

country Percentage

England 59.7

Northern Ireland 10.5

Germany 8.9

Ireland 5.8

Scotland 5.3

Wales 4.3

Holland 3.1

France 2.1

Sweden 0.3

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