Immigrants, East and West: Immigrants version of the Promise Land

During the late 1800s, immigrants worldwide viewed the United States as a place where anything is possible. People were escaping poor treatment, job shortages, and America in the 1800s was the land of dreams. Economic opportunity was the primary motive for many immigrants coming to America. This period in U.S. history is called the colonial era, and the European population was substantial between the 1800s and 1920s. Religious freedom was tremendous in the United States, mainly when the thirteen colonies colonized America. Still, another goal for immigrants was to achieve spiritual freedom, jobs, and many parts of the world. About 12 million immigrants came to America in the late 1800s, and many immigrants came from Ireland, Great Britain, and Scandinavia. With the onset of difficult financial times within the 1870s, European workers and Americans started to compete for the occupations traditionally saved for the Chinese. With economic competition came to loathe and indeed racial doubt and scorn. Such sentiments were accompanied by anti-Chinese riots and weight, particularly in California, to prohibit Chinese workers from the United States. The result of this weight was the Chinese Avoidance Act, passed by Congress in 1882. finished the Chinese movement for about a century. More than 70 percent of all migrants, in any case, entered through Unused York City, which came to be known as the "Brilliant Entryway." All through the late 1800s, most foreigners arriving in Modern York entered at the Castle Cultivate terminal close to the tip of Manhattan. During this period in history, there were quite a few economic opportunities in the U.S., which was the biggest reason for immigrants to America.

Research Methodology

In this thesis, a historian-based approach and inquiry-guided learning technique are presented to develop the research solutions- (1) higher-level critical thinking skills (2) inquiry-guided learning (3) Mapping technique - for presenting the exploration of Immigrants, East and West: Immigrants version of the Promised Land, while achieving interactive metric. (1) America's History tenth edition textbook (2) U.S. immigration before 1965 Article published October 2009. In these sources, I focused on analyzing the evidence [breaking down the big problem into its components], critically assessing historical events, and developing my interpretations of the past. I studied and evaluated these specific sources(critical thinking), explained their meaning, and built an explanation (interpretation) of the past (creative thinking) of how goods and services are produced, distributed, and consumed. America's History tenth edition textbook allowed me to examine society's artistic and cultural production and explain why Immigrants came to America. It tells me about the values ​​and concerns of a country or a social group. The textbook highlighted the main reasons for immigrants migrating to the United States. They could've gone anywhere in the world but chose to settle in America for economic opportunity. I chose U.S. immigration before the 1965 Article published in October 2009. Because it was a scholarly publication and concise but explained why immigrants worldwide decided to migrate to America. This source provided a mindmap of events of immigration from the 1800s to-1900s to show how immigration to America wasn't anything new but has been prominent in United States history.

Economic growth for immigrants in the west and east

During this period in history, immigrants viewed America as "the promised land" with the opportunity to grow economically. America was a different version of the titanic ship of the 1800s and 1900s; America provided many jobs. Immigrants see America as "the ship of dreams"; approximately 25 million immigrants made their way to America between the 1800s and 1900s. In the tenth edition textbook "America's History, "almost 75 percent of the people in America in that period had at least one parent who was foreign-born" (Dr.Harry.A). Immigrants came to America for three primary reasons: freedom, opportunities, and escape from poor treatment in previous countries. A large portion of Immigrants came from European countries in the west and east, including Great Britain, Ireland, and Scandinavia. Chinese foreigners and Japanese immigrants— started arriving on American shores. But immigrants weren't accepted with open arms. By 1882, the Chinese Prohibition Act closed the entryway nearly totally on movement from China and denied Chinese workers from being naturalized. "Large-scale immigration to Western Europe began in the 1840s when more than 1 million Irish people fled a terrible famine. In the following decades, with the rapid growth of the European population and the commercialization of agriculture, the peasant economy was first affected in Germany and Scandinavia, then in Austria, Hungary, Russia, Italy, and the Balkans'' (Dr.Harry.A). Many scholars hold that immigrants only came from one specific place, and America was just as poor as other countries in the 1800s and 1900s. Unfortunately, this conception is false in America, compared to other countries in the California gold rush and the expansion of America. America's industrializing immigrants took this opportunity to seek economic growth in America. America was considered the "ship of the dream" like the titanic ship's only difference: America didn't sink; it continued to improve livelihoods, opportunities, and freedoms for the citizens in America.

The 1800s-1900s European immigrants in America

The United States is a newly discovered country that attracted prominent European immigrants in the 17th century. Most of these immigrants came from the U.K. Many reasons led to the sudden surge in immigration to the American colonies. In the article U.S. immigration before 1965, "The United States received more than 20 million immigrants. This was a period of rapid industrialization and urbanization. Starting in the 1890s, most of the arrivals came from Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe. In that decade alone, about 600,000 Italians immigrated to the United States, and by 1920, more than 4 million people entered the United States. Eastern European Jews fleeing religious persecution also flooded in; between 1880 and 1920, more than 2 million people came to the United States" (2009). Many Europeans feel and hope that the United States is their dream country to seek better social, political, and economic opportunities. One of the reasons people leave England is religious freedom. The King of England has changed the religion of England to Anglican theology. Therefore, people are forced to become Anglicans. Many people do not want to change their religious beliefs, so they come to the United States hoping to have religious freedom. In the United States, people have taken control. In the colonies of New England, the religion was mainly Puritans. The Puritans were a powerful religious group in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. However, some people don't like that Governor John Winthrop and other officials have such power(2009). Therefore, a Puritan named Thomas Hook moved to Connecticut with another 100 Puritans, establishing the Connecticut Basic Order. This limits the ability of the governor and allows everyone who owns it to vote. Quakers and Catholics settled in the middle colonies. The Quakers were Protestant reformers who settled in Pennsylvania. A man named William Penn came up with the idea of ​​a "sacred experiment." He hopes it will become a model of peace in Christian life and religious freedom. Religion is not as crucial in the middle colonies as it is in other regions. In the Southern Colonies, a man named Lord Baltimore established the Colony of Maryland. He believes that Catholics are free to practice their religion. Later, the Tolerance Act was enacted, which stipulated all Christians.

In conclusion, based on my research on Immigrants, East and West: Immigrants' version of the Promise Land, immigrants worldwide migrated for economic growth. The primary reasons for immigrants migrating from the west and east were religious freedom, economic development, and starting a new prosperous life in America. I used an Inquiry-guided learning method to analyze and evaluate the primary reasons for immigrants migrating to America. During my research, I was curious and continuously pondered an essential question: why did immigrants in the west and east come to America. The livelihood of immigrants before migration to America was unfathomable. Imagine not exercising religious freedom, being jobless, and facing harsh laws in your own country. In my research, I discovered nearly 75 percent of the people in America were not born in America. Immigrants in the east and west perceived the United States as "the promised land" and "the ship of dreams like the titanic ship. Before I researched immigrants in the west and east, I held the belief that other countries during the 18th century were doing better than America, especially when I ponder on the Post-Civil war events that took place immigrants during that period only wanted to progress and live better lives that are highly understandable in the eyes of any scholar regarding immigrants in the west and east during the 18th century. Many Europeans feel and hope that the United States is their dream country to seek better social, political, and economic opportunities.