Further Investigation of Immigration

Andres  Yengle
Mr. Roddy
IHSS
12 April 2020
Further Investigation of Immigration
For my further Investigation of Immigration in the U.S., I chose to read Immigration to The U.S., First Land, German Immigrants in Texas, and Minnesota as it is in 1870. The first article I read, Immigration to the U.S., was a general overview of immigration to the U.S. from 1851 to 1900. It first talked about why people wanted to immigrate. There were several reasons why people chose to immigrate to the U.S., most came because of crop failure, job shortages at the country of origin, rising taxes, and famine, as well people came to escape persecution due to political or religious beliefs. The article then talked about how most of the people who came to the U.S. were from Europe. The article then talked about how the immigrants were let into the country as in where they would enter the U.S. The article explains that around 70% of people came through the east side port through Ellis island, there were still some ports on the west side but only people that came from Asia went through there. The article then talks about how some immigrants found housing near the ports, many went a little more inland. A lot of Immigrants looked for communities where people from the same country had settled. Once the immigrants found housing they would next look for jobs. Employers would take advantage of the immigrants because jobs were scarce. The employers would pay immigrants less than other workers. 
The second article I read focused on Ellis Island where 70% percent of immigrants arrived and processed. This article was a lot shorter and mainly just talked about how important Ellis Island was. 
The third article I read was about German Immigrants in Texas. The article consisted of several interviews closely related to German Immigrants in Texas. The article was mainly about how Germans settled in Texas and there are several German towns in Texas today. There are also several short anecdotes within the interviews. The anecdotes usually ended with something bad happening to German people. 
The fourth article I read was about a piece that was written in 1870 that attempted to draw in immigrants to Minnesota. The piece contained various reasons to move to Minnesota, it mostly contained prices of foods, livestock, housing, farm equipment, dry goods, and many other things. The article also listed several reasons to move to Minnesota like review passages like you see on the first couple pages of a book.        

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