Immigration

1. Describe the causes of the immigration of Southern and Eastern Europeans, Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese to America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The causes of the immigration of Southern and Eastern Europeans, Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese to America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was:
-wanted to escape difficult conditions (ex. famine, land shortages)
-to earn money then return back to their homelands (birds of passage)
-overall to have a better life
-Europeans left to escape religious persecution and wanted independent lives.
-Chinese and Japanese wanted to make more money after the discovery of gold also now Hawaii was able to recruit Japanese
-West indians immigrated to find work and flee from political turmoil.

2. Describe the journey immigrants endured and their experiences at United States immigration stations.
The journey for immigrants was long and arduous to the United States. To save money, many traveled on the cheapest steam ships possible. But because of this, it was extremely hard to breath, had to sleep in louse infected bunks, and share toilets with many others. All of these awful conditions led to diseases spreading quickly throughout the ships, and sadly many immigrants died before they even made their destination. They had to go through these conditions for a week- three weeks.