How Did Immigration Change Over Time
Immigration decrease over time
Immigration is a very prominent thing in World History and U.S. History. It is very important to the immigrants who came from the old country to make a better life for themselves as well as for the rest of the family. Immigration around 1921, had over 65.7% of immigrants that were from Europe coming into the United States and by the 1980's only about 12% of immigrants were from Europe. The reasons that immigration from Europe to the United States shrank over time is because the way the United States looked at race and ethnicity changed, wars that happened during these time periods, and how the economy changed throughout the world.
When the Immigration Act of 1924 put into place it affected all immigrants in Europe in some way or another. For some immigrants that were coming to America it had little affect, but for others who America saw as undesirable it caused a lot more of a restriction on who was allowed into America. It although did not cause the ones that America wanted to come here anymore than they wanted to be a part of the United States. It actually caused some …show more content…
and is considered very significant in how many people came to America in between 1930 and 1931. It was a very big drop in numbers and did not rise again until 1946. The start of World War 2 caused many immigrants and refugees an even harder time getting into the U.S. because of the different tests and even the ones that tried to get a visa were turned away because of who they were or what country in Europe they were actually coming from. In 1944 when the horrific things about the Holocaust were realized that is when the U.S. politicians made the WRB act was put into place it helped rescue refugees and helped them escape. Over a 28 year period the U.S. past many different legislation to help many different countries that were not a part of
Immigration is a very prominent thing in World History and U.S. History. It is very important to the immigrants who came from the old country to make a better life for themselves as well as for the rest of the family. Immigration around 1921, had over 65.7% of immigrants that were from Europe coming into the United States and by the 1980's only about 12% of immigrants were from Europe. The reasons that immigration from Europe to the United States shrank over time is because the way the United States looked at race and ethnicity changed, wars that happened during these time periods, and how the economy changed throughout the world.
When the Immigration Act of 1924 put into place it affected all immigrants in Europe in some way or another. For some immigrants that were coming to America it had little affect, but for others who America saw as undesirable it caused a lot more of a restriction on who was allowed into America. It although did not cause the ones that America wanted to come here anymore than they wanted to be a part of the United States. It actually caused some …show more content…
and is considered very significant in how many people came to America in between 1930 and 1931. It was a very big drop in numbers and did not rise again until 1946. The start of World War 2 caused many immigrants and refugees an even harder time getting into the U.S. because of the different tests and even the ones that tried to get a visa were turned away because of who they were or what country in Europe they were actually coming from. In 1944 when the horrific things about the Holocaust were realized that is when the U.S. politicians made the WRB act was put into place it helped rescue refugees and helped them escape. Over a 28 year period the U.S. past many different legislation to help many different countries that were not a part of