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England Why? Religious Freedoms & Economic Reasons – work Received? Most were welcomed, some restrictions on rights such as testifying in court and owning land Roman Catholic and Quakers
Germany & Ireland Why? Escape disease and famine (potato) drawn by tales of gold and opportunity Received? English were resentful these newcomers took away their jobs. Founders were anti-Catholic, churches were burned China Why? - economic opportunity came to West Coast Received? – 1882 all Chinese laborers were banned
Northern & Western European Italians, Greeks and Slavic Why? Economic opportunities Eastern Europe (Polish, Russian – many were Jewish) Why? Escape religious persecution Received? All were blamed for problems in the cities SUCH AS: Overcrowding, filth, crime 1885 ban those seeking jobs 1891 bans insane, felons, diseased, anarchists and Illiterates By 1924 strict quota laws
Asia and Latin America Economic opportunity Middles East Economic opportunities and political freedom Received? Japanese interned during WW II, Latinos in South segregated, post 9/11 Middle Eastern people discriminated against