Immigration in the United States During the Great Depression
Hello again! My topic this week will be about the Great Depression and how it influenced Immigration. Immigration has still and always will be a crucial part of America, but in the 1900's it really started to slow down. New laws and acts made it harder for Asians to come into the country. This caused a decrease in immigration numbers for the first time; however people still wanted in. This all changed from 1929-1941 because of the Great Depression.
For the first time people did not want to come to America because of the situation here. For the past few hundred years, America was a land of opportunity, but now people have better opportunity in their home land. This article, http://immigrationtounitedstates.org/527-great-depression.html , discusses the decrease in immigration during this time period. The great depression effected all sorts of countries around the world, but America is still worse. For the 12 years of the depression, immigration was at an all time low in America. This is probably because it was so hard to find a job and place to live. If people came to America during this time period they were setting themselves up for failure. This article is very true in the aspect of why the immigration numbers were so slow. The world wide economic downturn decreased immigration everywhere.
This is unfortunatley my last blog of my career. I really appreciate all my viewers out there, you will be missed! Shout out Mr. Harding for making us do this great activity.
Peace out,
Drew Weidman
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Monday, March 20, 2017
Immigrants in the United States During the Gilded Age
Hello again! My topic this week will be about immigrants in the United States and how they lived during the Gilded Age. The Gilded Age in the United States' history is the late 19th century, from the 1870's to the 1900's. Like I say every blog, immigration is one of the most important things. It continues to grow every single year and in the Gilded Age it is at it's peak. In the 1800's only around 5 million people called America home, but by the 1900's this number grew drastically to around 75 million. This article, http://ushistoryscene.com/article/immigrants-cities-disease/ , talks about where these immigrants worked and lived in the U.S. This article talks about two different types of immigrants, "new" and "old". The old immigrants were the English speakers who immigrated to the United States between the 1800's and the 1870's. For these old immigrants saw america as a land of opportunity and they came to look for jobs and a better life. The "new" immigrants came to the United States between the 1870's and the 1920's. These immigrants were more poor than the older immigrants. They came from more diverse locations as well. These new immigrants came to America to work. They lived in Settlement houses which were first made by Jane Adams. The houses provided poor immigrants with a place to live. Without these houses like the Hull house, a popular settlement house founded by Jane Adams, many immigrants would not have made it in the United States.
At the end of the day, all immigrants came to America for the same reason, for a better life. Immigration will continue to grow and i look forward to telling you that in my next blog.
Stay Tuned,
Drew Weidman
Hello again! My topic this week will be about immigrants in the United States and how they lived during the Gilded Age. The Gilded Age in the United States' history is the late 19th century, from the 1870's to the 1900's. Like I say every blog, immigration is one of the most important things. It continues to grow every single year and in the Gilded Age it is at it's peak. In the 1800's only around 5 million people called America home, but by the 1900's this number grew drastically to around 75 million. This article, http://ushistoryscene.com/article/immigrants-cities-disease/ , talks about where these immigrants worked and lived in the U.S. This article talks about two different types of immigrants, "new" and "old". The old immigrants were the English speakers who immigrated to the United States between the 1800's and the 1870's. For these old immigrants saw america as a land of opportunity and they came to look for jobs and a better life. The "new" immigrants came to the United States between the 1870's and the 1920's. These immigrants were more poor than the older immigrants. They came from more diverse locations as well. These new immigrants came to America to work. They lived in Settlement houses which were first made by Jane Adams. The houses provided poor immigrants with a place to live. Without these houses like the Hull house, a popular settlement house founded by Jane Adams, many immigrants would not have made it in the United States.
At the end of the day, all immigrants came to America for the same reason, for a better life. Immigration will continue to grow and i look forward to telling you that in my next blog.
Stay Tuned,
Drew Weidman
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Immigration Along Side the Civil War
Hello Again, my topic this week will be about immigration before, during and after the Civil war. Like I said in my past blogs, immigration is one of the most important things for our country. Immigration has been growing ever since the 1600's and it hit its' peak on the eve of the civil war. From 1845-1855 over 90 million people immigrated into the United States. These people were not aware how fast things were going to change when they were settling in the North and the West. This article, http://immigrationtounitedstates.org/435-us-civil-war.html, explains the effect immigrants had on the Civil War. From 1861-1865, immigration into America decreased tremendously. As America was in the middle of a Civil War, people were scared and too worried to come. These immigrants had a huge effect on the War. When people were immigrating into the country, they settled in the North and the West; almost never in the South. When the Civil War started, the North had a huge advantage due to population. The immigrants sided with the North and helped them mass produce equipment in the war. As the war came to an end, and the North won, America was an even hotter ticket. America offered so much more opportunity now, and immigrants saw that. With the new 14th Amendment, an amendment concerning citizenship, immigration saw a steep incline in immigration again. Thank you for reading my blog and I'll see you next time.
Drew Weidman
Hello Again, my topic this week will be about immigration before, during and after the Civil war. Like I said in my past blogs, immigration is one of the most important things for our country. Immigration has been growing ever since the 1600's and it hit its' peak on the eve of the civil war. From 1845-1855 over 90 million people immigrated into the United States. These people were not aware how fast things were going to change when they were settling in the North and the West. This article, http://immigrationtounitedstates.org/435-us-civil-war.html, explains the effect immigrants had on the Civil War. From 1861-1865, immigration into America decreased tremendously. As America was in the middle of a Civil War, people were scared and too worried to come. These immigrants had a huge effect on the War. When people were immigrating into the country, they settled in the North and the West; almost never in the South. When the Civil War started, the North had a huge advantage due to population. The immigrants sided with the North and helped them mass produce equipment in the war. As the war came to an end, and the North won, America was an even hotter ticket. America offered so much more opportunity now, and immigrants saw that. With the new 14th Amendment, an amendment concerning citizenship, immigration saw a steep incline in immigration again. Thank you for reading my blog and I'll see you next time.
Drew Weidman
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