Immigrants
- Created by: Rachel Gilpin
- Created on: 16-04-16 17:59
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- Immigrants
- Reasons
- Didn't want to be involved with European affairs after WW1
- Wanted a better life
- Escaping poverty from poorer parts of Europe
- America was the land of opportunity
- People wanted to live the American dream
- Wanted a better life
- Escaping poverty from poorer parts of Europe
- American had a good reputation
- Wanted a better life
- Lots of space
- Lots of raw materials
- People wanted to live the American dream
- Jews and Criminals were escaping persecution
- They brought with them many things Americans didn't like
- Disease
- New political ideas
- Communism
- Came poor - had nothing to give back to USA
- Couldn't even speak english
- Took the jobs of many American people
- Literacy test introduced n 917 to reduce number of immigrants
- Lived in ghettos
- Grouped together out of fear of persecution
- Homesick
- Reasons
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